How are the career development opportunities at Firefly Aerospace?

Great people, great mission, great culture, great growth opportunities

Can be fast paced for some people

Great culture, and great professional development opportunities

no cons, great place to work

For a new grad you learn a lot and you get to work on cool projects/contracts that you virtually wouldn't anywhere else. What you learn and gain can take you many places.

Terrible work life balance. The unspoken expectation is you put in the hours to get what's needed done so that you're 'not a blocker' to schedule. This can mean staying until 6-8pm running tests (although not always). Schedule is always changing more than not, so hours can also be very inconsistent. No direction or clear paths to long term career development either. High cadence of testing and production means always running the same procedures over and over again. You learn a lot, but after that, there's more to be desired.

- Very exciting work and fast paced - Lots of opportunities to be involved as it is a small team

- Conflicts between MEs and techs

For a new grad you learn a lot and you get to work on cool projects/contracts that you virtually wouldn't anywhere else. What you learn and gain can take you many places.

Terrible work life balance. The unspoken expectation is you put in the hours to get what's needed done so that you're 'not a blocker' to schedule. This can mean staying until 6-8pm running tests (although not always). Schedule is always changing more than not, so hours can also be very inconsistent. No direction or clear paths to long term career development either. High cadence of testing and production means always running the same procedures over and over again. You learn a lot, but after that, there's more to be desired.

Fun community and opportunity to make friends

A lot of things going on all the time with little guidence

Inclusive team Lots of learning and growth opportunities

Cult-like enthusiasm from coworkers Expectation to work long hours and weekends Heavy, heavy blame culture Toxic work environment, felt very political with promotions, hard work rewarded often with firings or lay offs due to said blame culture and/or office politics

You get to work on amazing things

Not a lot of recognition for hard work

Projects changes often. Very fast paced. A lot of opportunities to learn

Nepotism and unfair pay if not on rocket operation

Intriguing missions and projects that captivate you to join the team.

Terrible management that only considers you to be a quarter in a large vending machine and has no care about you as a person and human being. Extremely long working hours of 60+ with minimal, if any, work/life balance given. Hive Management does not care for their workers and will drop you without a second thought. Lack of Professionalism and no loyalty to employees. Do yourself a favor a run far far away from this place. No career growth whatsoever!!