So bad it is funny - Anonymous employee Skyrora Employee Review

1.0
6 Sept 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Quality graduate engineers, support staff and business team. Say you worked for a rocket company which gets you marginal street cred and can say you yeeted a rocket into the Icelandic coast. very easy to get another job after working here for a bit as people go "oooooooo rockets" then just instantly hire you even though you could probably get a bottle of Pepsi and mentos further than our first launch (to be fair it was a first launch so no stress and no expectations). The names of the projects were cool.

Cons

ultra unrealistic deadlines, design changes that seem to be based on feelings negating months of work. engineering management in general was inexperienced and had/has no business acumen. Terrible terrible salary, just look at what they are paying, it is shocking. Sexism, racism and especially homophobia was a daily thing among some staff. Can't hold onto S tier staff for reasons started above (and many many many many more I cant be bothered / difficult to say without breaking NDA) who were too good for the place (obviously me included but I am not nearly as incredible as some of the staff they couldn't keep a hold of, and if you cant keep hold of me, someone who thinks rockets are pretty cool, you are going to struggle to keep anyone).

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3.0
18 Jun 2026
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Pros

Management friendly and understanding. Company has major growth and continues to grow. Pay is better than most places in Glasgow.

Cons

Production staff are asked last minute to help work overtime when deadlines needed but they are starting to slash overtime more and more. Work hours and fixed and not flexible - only company I know who has a 5:30pm finish.

5.0
7 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great place to work with an exciting environment and supportive culture. The people are great to work with, and you can tell the company genuinely cares about its employees. It’s a motivating place to be, especially with the exciting projects and goals the company is working towards. There are also good opportunities to progress, with support for training and development that helps you grow in your role.

Cons

Really haven’t found any cons.

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