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York Space Systems

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Used to be good - Anonymous employee York Space Systems Employee Review

2.0
5 Jan 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Pay is above average. Overtime sometimes available. They occadionally buy lunches for some of the shifts and are understanding in bad weather.

Cons

This company used to care about its technicians. When hired, there was a "unlimited" vacation policy. Then we pushed into the "panama" schedule where they forced us into 12hr work days 24 hours a day and asked the technicians not to take time off to keep the "push"shorter. When we finally finished the horrible shift work, they changed us to a voted on 4x10 schedule (forcing people into shifts they didn't want, literally opposite of the requested) and people began abusing the time off policy. Instead of the company holding the abusers accountable, they up and announced, this week, that ONLY the hourly employees will be changed to an accumulative policy of 2 weeks vacation a year and one week sick time. Here's the kicker, sick time does not roll over yearly and resets to 0, in the middle of flu season.

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5.0
19 May 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Motivated and ambitious employees are rallying together at York for honorable satellite missions for government contracts and commercial. It is an extremely collaborative work environment where you can walk up to the desk of a coworker that wants to help you succeed. It’s an environment of “doers” that want to collaborate and work hard. York also encourages new ideas and innovations and there is no red tape to get through to try new ideas. It’s a breath of fresh air to be encouraged to try new solutions and ideas in the workplace! Benefits are great with being fully employer paid and higher than average holidays off (MLK, Presidents’ Day, Juneteenth, day after thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, etc in addition to standard)

Cons

Growing rapidly is hard for any company. York could put more effort into keeping strong talent in all departments.

3.0
2 July 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

They have accomplished much as a new space technology company and been successful at winning contested business. They continue to invest in the company vision and roadmap through M&A. They've found a niche they're really good at. Good benefits. Lots of good people throughout the ranks. Free coffee.

Cons

Definitely an inner circle of leadership that doesn't communicate well. Not a lot of interest in personnel development and growth. There can be a blame and shame culture during high-stress times. Not a lot of recognition or appreciation for long hours of hard work. Leadership doesn't like to be challenged. A lot of paranoia and secrets. Don't expect promotions unless you're willing to make York your top life priority. There are a couple of pretty poor leaders who seem to be retained because of personal friendships.

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