An Amazing Goal and a Work in Progress - Propulsion Analyst Blue Origin Employee Review

4.0
28 Dec 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Amazing goals, about one of the only two places you can work that's actively developing new rocket engines and an orbital launch vehicle. Decent work-life balance, 4 weeks PTO, gym access, company provided snacks, daily food trucks and lunch delivery service at the company headquarters. Also, a wealth of experienced engineers and other technical people for new employees to learn from. Company culture generally values learning and doing things the right way.

Cons

Deadlines can be very short, the organization is growing quickly. Workspace is tight, organization is still a work in progress, things like standardized, company-wide databases are still in-progress. Exact needed working hours are vague and left up to the employee.

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5.0
16 Jun 2026
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Pros

Great place to work, I had a supportive manager which makes all the difference!

Cons

Only contract work is typically offered for my position and often we do not get converted.

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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