Terrible place to work. Period. And I used to like the company. - Specialist SpaceX Employee Review

1.0
11 Jan 2024
Recommend
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Pros

People will think you are special because this is on your resume

Cons

1 - Work/life balance non-existent for 90% of team 2 - Toxic culture of favoritism, elitism, back-stabbing, ego-driven decisions, low pay, lack of growth, lack of promotions, lack of stock benefits 3 - Gaslighting is off the charts, management, HR, EHS and other teams will lie through their teeth just to placate your legitimate concerns 4 - Because of the company name, you will start to let your boundaries and values be compromised all in the hopes of a better future that the majority of employees will not realize 5 - This company is getting worse every year, I should know, I spent over 5 years there

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5.0
19 May 2026
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Pros

Great culture, cool mission, good stock options

Cons

Long hours, isolated office, grind culture

4.0
6 Apr 2026
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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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