Best Day to Day…Disconnects at the Top - Materials and Process Engineer III Blue Origin Employee Review

4.0
20 Mar 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Best place in the world for emerging technology development. - Extreme ownership opportunities. If you can make the case it needs to be done, you can make it happen and have an huge impact on processes and parts. - There is a never ending backlog so you will never be bored. You will always have an uncomfortable amount of work on the to do list. - The rank and file really are passionate about the work. It is really fun to be surrounded be people who are in their dream job.

Cons

- Leadership has very lofty goals to speed up production and development but appears to have a poor understanding of what that requires. - Leadership does not understand that it is engineers that make things better. More technicians can only get products moving so fast; if the products have fundamental issues, which many do, it will take engineers to devise ways to fix them. - The company is trying to move fast by reducing rigor instead of moving faster by being better.

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5.0
28 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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