Building a road to space with DEI and fairy dust - Technician Blue Origin Employee Review

2.0
17 Mar 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Some of the smartest and best folks I've ever been around. Pretty good benefits and above average pay.

Cons

When the previous CEO was there, he built a martini glass shaped org structure loaded with dead weight middle management positions and a good old boy network of retread vice presidents. It is almost impossible to explain the painful journey of trying to transition from development to production, they hired hundreds of production analysts-project managers -planners and quality people. This made everything slow to a crawl for almost 4 years. The same time frame they lowered the hiring bar,implimented DEI policies and changed the priority of work to value how you do something rather than what you do. This enabled a culture of buzzwords and brownnosers that didn't care about producing anything as long as they collected a paycheck. The new CEO has the task of cleaning up the mess, cutting heads and salaries while still keeping the company killing DEI policies.

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5.0
3 June 2026
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Pros

Good team to work with. No complaints.

Cons

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2.0
19 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

4 weeks of PTO, good benefits, free drinks and snacks available at all locations.

Cons

Leadership is inconsistent and often incompetent, company is very segmentalized and each group operates to different goals and schedules, poor communication with other parts of the company and with leadership. There is an overarching Yes-men mentality amongst leadership, and they often are just aiming to not be the group to be to blame for delays or failures. Personal growth is limited and widely ranges between different groups, there are areas where people see regular raises and promotions, while the majority seems to be told there are freezes or that they will be put in for next cycle. Pay has fallen behind, in the past they used to pay well and above the industry standard, but have not kept pace. Hours can be very long, again dependent on your group, some people may enjoy things like work from home or flexible schedules, but the majority are asked to work long hours and even support roles that could be remote are forced to be on site, despite a lack of space for the number of employees. I moved desks locations and buildings 6 times in 3 years. Re-orgs happen every 6 months, and create significant instability within the company, but rarely bring positive improvements. Good talent is not rewarded, and leaving quickly.

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