Fast-paced -then throw you out like a cheap handbag - Corp Recruiter SpaceX Employee Review

2.0
13 Jul 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

A company that pushes you to the limit and you excel with amazing results, lots of great people working together in teams. I was in the HR team worked long hours and got paid for straight 40 hours...Humm? Its very hard to get in you must be in the 1% of the best of the best, college scores and where you went to school makes a difference. Cherry picks candidates on the JOBVITE ATS...Compliance, well lets just say..Its how they do business and no one can stop that hiring practice.

Cons

You work at least 70 hours per wk and get straight of 40 hours no overtime pay.....They do things very different than other companies in HR, people get fired left and right for no reason...Its a numbers game, dont relo because, you will be looking for work within a few wks, to a few mos. not a long term place to get a career moving forward...C-Level ttrows you out like a cheap handbag on sale. Major layoff's in HR, Engineering, and Admin. ..Top heavy and more attention to the people that make it work...The Employee's wake up and smell the free coffee....

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5.0
22 Apr 2026
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Pros

Lots of fun work to do! Your manager will make or break it for you!

Cons

Burnout culture Depending on department learning is very much a self guided journey

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4.0
6 Apr 2026
Recommend
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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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