Only Elon and Gwynne can save this place - Manager Blue Origin Employee Review

1.0
Jun 2, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

There are some very intelligent, capable, and trustworthy people working at Blue Origin. The Blue Moon project and team are inspiring.

Cons

Senior leadership (especially the COO and his cronies) are impotent and over the last couple years have built a toxic environment that does not foster original thought, innovation, or the pursuit of real success. Instead it only uses the stick to motivate people and sacrifices great people to make a point, but never teaches what that point is. Hence why Blue Origin did not break 10 million viewers for a launch of astronauts to the ISS this past weekend. Due to the toxic environment, the company works in silos where teams and team members do not share solutions, information or work well together to accomplish team or company goals. This leads to overly complicated designs and solutions or policies to be created that only work in a narrow set of circumstances. Aside from the Blue Moon initiative and team, the other programs are chasing solutions that are not innovative or advancing aerospace technology in any meaningful way, most of which do not even work after years of development. There has been a mass exodus of many intelligent, high performing people talent leaving for other companies over the last 2 years, including myself.

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5.0
Jun 3, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good team to work with. No complaints.

Cons

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1.0
Jun 5, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Free cheese and yogurt. Some people are nice others will make sure you fail

Cons

No equity unless you like monopoly money. No IPO for Blue ever and liquidity events are just bonus event. No work life balance. Toxic leadership who do not care about but will lie to you as long as you serve their own purpose. Everyone is looking, DO NOT come here!!! You will lose years of your life stressed out, frustrated and nothing but an average salary to show for. There are better places out there for space work

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