Needs to put its staff before its rocket - Anonymous employee Rocket Lab Employee Review

1.0
25 Nov 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Hires brilliant engineers and you get to work on interesting space technology. Good coffee onsite and a really good group of people to work alongside of. Exposure to complex and cool engineering.

Cons

Extremely long hours, then when you are wrecked something will go wrong and you will be there even later. If you are in in certain roles expect to work at 2am as an engineer if things are behind schedule. Engineers are often made acceptance technicians despite being far more qualified. There is no real talent management, no performance reviews, no goal setting, no internal applications for jobs to move around. Most managers started as graduates at rocket lab and really just adopt the rocket lab way rather than having any formal leadership skills or experienced organisational managerial skills.

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5.0
25 May 2026
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Pros

Great stock compensation. Great value in ESPP

Cons

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3.0
3 June 2026
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Pros

Learn a lot, good support from the team

Cons

Deadlines are always right around the corner and hours can jump to 60 hrs a week

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