Challenging, hard work, and worth every minute. - Business Development SpaceX Employee Review

5.0
22 Aug 2013
Recommend
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Pros

SpaceX is trying to change the world for the good of humanity, and being part of that is an awesome experience. Plus, the company is a great place to work. The people that work here are smart, passionate about what they do, and not afraid of hard work. Employees are given the opportunity to take on big challenges, which is incredibly rewarding. And come on, you literally get to work at a ROCKET FACTORY. How cool is that?

Cons

Despite how much the company has grown it still seems like there's always too much work and not enough people. As pretty much every review says, you'll likely work a lot of hours, so you really have to make an effort to maintain work/life balance. Many potential "cons" depend on your personality and the type of work environment you prefer. For example, schedules and goals are agressive and employees are given a lot of responsibility and are expected to consistently perform at extremely high levels. This can either be really rewarding or super stressful depending on the person. (But to be fair, even people who like this type of environment can burn out after too much of it.)

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Pros

Great culture, cool mission, good stock options

Cons

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4.0
6 Apr 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You learn so much because the work is so freaking intense, its a lot of fun if you're the type of person who loves to get emerged in hard problems. The hours for me were not too bad but I was the exception, all the other interns I was with dealt with 60-70+ hour weeks, some interns came in at 10am and left at 12am, when I say its intense, I'm not joking. This is however very unique to the Starbase location. I've heard Hawthorne is a lot more chill. I honestly despite how challenging the role was always look back on it with a sense of pride in my work, and longing to be back there. It really does feel that you're doing world changing things.

Cons

Very un diverse upper management, I'd say the company is pretty diverse in the lower ranks, but once you start to look at the org chart and see who's in charge, you realize that its mainly just white people. Makes you wonder if as a person of color you too will be able to move up. Housing sucks: there was limited housing on campus for full time employees, you have to wait a year plus to get off the queue and once you're off you only really get tiny homes as the option that are in an inconvenient location. Interns don't even have the option to get on campus housing, they give you 3k in a housing stipend and expect you to find a place in Brownsville. I'd say its very hard to maintain a relationship while working here if you don't have an understanding partner, the work schedule is brutal and you really can't slack off.

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