CnC programmer - CNC Programmer SpaceX Employee Review

3.0
3 Jul 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Fast pace culture and environment, motivating to learn fast and adapt. Forced you to take risk, be bold and be creative with your programs Health insurance Rocket launches

Cons

-Very young and inexperiences management. -Very toxic working environment Fingers pointing cultures vs. helping troubleshoot and investigate the problem. Management blames programmer for the processes. -401k not matching -Foods service is bad unless you work on main building. -Compensation is below average consider how much responsibility tasks was handed for programmer. -Work/life balance is very poor. -very little training provided, learn and adapted quickly or you will be out of the door -support from manager is non-existence. If you run into technical problems deal with it yourself. -HR and management are the same boat so be careful, whose yours complaints with. It could be backfires. -employees appreciation is nonexistent.

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Cons

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Pros

* **Unmatched Mission & Impact:** You are literally working on rockets and spacecraft. The cool factor is 10/10. * **Brilliant Coworkers:** You will be surrounded by some of the smartest, most driven engineers in the world. * **Insane Career Growth:** SpaceX on your resume is a golden ticket. You will learn more here in 3 months than in 3 years at a normal company. * **Hands-on Experience:** They actually trust interns with real, critical hardware. No boring coffee-fetching tasks.

Cons

**Cons:** * **Zero Work-Life Balance:** 70-80 hours a week is the norm, not the exception. Say goodbye to your social life and sleep. * **Extreme Burnout:** The "hustle culture" is toxic. You are expected to treat the company as your entire life. * **Mediocre Pay:** The hourly pay is average, especially when you factor in the insane hours and the high cost of living in LA/Hawthorne. * **Chaotic Management:** Decisions can change overnight based on whatever Elon Musk tweets or feels like doing that morning.

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