Vandenberg Launch Pad - Anonymous employee SpaceX Employee Review

4.0
19 Sept 2017
Anonymous employee
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Pros

SpaceX in general is very challenging place to work in a good way. You will always be learning new things and pushing the limits of what you are capable of. This is probably the thing I have enjoyed the most about working here. Management is also always pushing to improve things. Coasting is never acceptable. Vandenberg specifically is a very close knit team that still has some of the small company/startup family feel that sometimes can be lost at the larger sites.

Cons

Pushing to meet unrealistic schedules sometimes causes people to make decisions/compromises that in the long run could have been avoided. This causes projects to become more expensive/time intensive than if the correct dates had been given from the beginning. With time this has gotten much better and is trending in the right direction but can still be a struggle from time to time.

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**Cons:** * **Zero Work-Life Balance:** 70-80 hours a week is the norm, not the exception. Say goodbye to your social life and sleep. * **Extreme Burnout:** The "hustle culture" is toxic. You are expected to treat the company as your entire life. * **Mediocre Pay:** The hourly pay is average, especially when you factor in the insane hours and the high cost of living in LA/Hawthorne. * **Chaotic Management:** Decisions can change overnight based on whatever Elon Musk tweets or feels like doing that morning.

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