I would not wish Blue Origin on my worst enemy - Project Manager Blue Origin Employee Review

1.0
20 Aug 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Some (very few) people really care both about the mission AND the people they work with.

Cons

Where to begin? -no kindness or caring for people-people are only seen as resources and they will be worked to the bone. -Amazon corporate culture maximized: cut throat, competitive, back-stabbing. -Indecisive leaders: proposals will be written under tight deadlines with false urgency only to be de-prioritized. -Lack of any meaningful infrastructure: it won’t just feel like a start up-there are so many process and system gaps even after 20+ years. -Unethical, knee jerk behavior is rewarded as having “bias for action”. Egos are so big and skill sets are so niche that tools and programs are misused with no repercussions. -It is a mistake to trust any people leader with your growth or career. You are only as good as your loyalty and ability to make said leaders look good. -Any feedback or push back will have negative consequences.

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5.0
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Pros

Good team to work with. No complaints.

Cons

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1.0
14 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Free coffee and snacks and a slice of pizza when New Glenn launched and landed. They years before Blue gave everyone a 10K bonus for the New Shepard first human flight, they have since shut the entire program down.

Cons

Too many to list. The high performers get hit the hardest. I went 8 months without out missing a day, pick up other incomplete projects. After 8 years I received zero stock options which was promised at time of hire. When I left Blue had 383 people with Director in their title and had 40 VPs. Blue even posted a picture of the Chief Engineers on their Facebook page, they had 42! I was there for 8 years and my title never changed, every year they promised a promotion but they never come. I have 2 Masters degrees my Sr Manager had an A.A in arts, once he made Sr Director he was there for 6 months and moved to Andril. The pad repairs will take a year and they will loose the FCC bandwidth which will make them obsolete.

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