Amazon but with no real leadership - Enterprise Technology Blue Origin Employee Review

3.0
10 Nov 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Goldfish. Intelligent people. (at the time) unlimited overtime (Depending on your manager) less oversight which means more room for trial and error The feeling of working for something bigger.

Cons

Health insurance is awful. They stopped remote work (which is completely unnecessary for 80% of the jobs) No real perks. The snacks are junk food and bananas. Microsoft teams. They don't have a centralized all community channel. Any updates or news maybe comes from your manager if they remember, or this app called Voyager that is saturated with unrelated work stories. It is all promotional pictures of what the executives are doing to help "promote" what blue is doing. aka propaganda. You never know what is going wrong or down. The system's page is rarely updated and never accurate. Most of the time you are just out of work for the day especially when they have network outages. People literally come into work and don't have access to the internet so everyone is unable to do things. They say it is a startup but it has been 20 years, lol all of it is just mismanaged. If you want to upgrade your computer you have to wait 6 years. Most computers people work on are 2011-2013 machines. You don't get PTO unless you accumulate it. You can go into "debt" with it though.

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5.0
28 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Competitive pay. Good benefits. Great workplace.

Cons

Longer hours expected. Can be stressful.

2.0
19 Jun 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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