A great place to learn and grow - Engineering Manager Ispace Employee Review

5.0
28 Sept 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Exciting work - a great chance to gain experience in many aspects of a startup, from engineering, to project management, to business/strategy. Global mindset - we get to work with engineers from Luxembourg and Japan (and all over the world), very unusual in the space industry. Clear/inspiring vision and recent improvements in management - recent turnover was definitely for the better, company is trending upwards and deftly handling the transition from startup to scale-up.

Cons

Like others have said - a bit too lean. Many times you have to chart your own course and be OK working in ambiguity - it's not for everyone. As always, there is tension between employees and management, but not even close to the level of dysfunction I've seen at other startups.

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5.0
14 Oct 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

healthy environment, flexible hours, project ownership, good mentors, friendly employees

Cons

slightly disorganized, confusing documentation methods

2.0
8 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Unmatched PTO at any US company for all staff. 15 holidays, +2 floating, 18 vacation days, 6 sick days. Excellent compensation, plus moderate 401k match. Many great, intelligent engineers at a peer level, though many were recently let go.

Cons

Leadership has no idea what they are doing or how to achieve anything. They do not listen to bottom up feedback nor do they seem to think more than a few weeks ahead. There is a severe lack of vision, and even when there is a vision there is no one capable to of defining a realistic path to that vision. There is exactly one person above the team lead level that has a plan and can execute on it. This leads to unrealistic timelines, poor technical decisions (because engineers are ignored), and very high attrition. This office will soon be a business office only if things don't change.

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