Step by step incompetently - Senior Engineer Blue Origin Employee Review

2.0
8 Sept 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Opportunity to contribute to a new core gox rich/methane staged combustion powered booster. Develop and apply Additive Manufacturing, even in low value propositions. Lots of high end tech toys to gain experience on. Dogs at work, and potential pet health care offering.

Cons

Surfeit of focus on IPO track. Refocus on BE-4 or replacement engine concept before we lose Vulcan. Dis sats abound - making high school diploma people technical directors due to c c syndrome. Salary is poor for area, and esp 40 pay for 60 hour typical weeks. PTO of 20 days with no flex or remote work in seattle traffic about the worst compare in area

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5.0
16 Jun 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great place to work, I had a supportive manager which makes all the difference!

Cons

Only contract work is typically offered for my position and often we do not get converted.

1.0
14 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Free coffee and snacks and a slice of pizza when New Glenn launched and landed. They years before Blue gave everyone a 10K bonus for the New Shepard first human flight, they have since shut the entire program down.

Cons

Too many to list. The high performers get hit the hardest. I went 8 months without out missing a day, pick up other incomplete projects. After 8 years I received zero stock options which was promised at time of hire. When I left Blue had 383 people with Director in their title and had 40 VPs. Blue even posted a picture of the Chief Engineers on their Facebook page, they had 42! I was there for 8 years and my title never changed, every year they promised a promotion but they never come. I have 2 Masters degrees my Sr Manager had an A.A in arts, once he made Sr Director he was there for 6 months and moved to Andril. The pad repairs will take a year and they will loose the FCC bandwidth which will make them obsolete.

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