Does Blue Origin pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Blue Origin employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Blue Origin. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Blue Origin?

46% of Blue Origin employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Blue Origin 3.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.8 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Blue Origin?

Engineer (76) , Integration Engineer (36) , Manufacturing Engineer (34) , Mechanical Engineer (34) , Intern (32) , Software Engineer (31) , Test Engineer (30) , CNC Machinist (21) , Propulsion Engineer (20) , Technician (17) , Aerospace Engineer (16) , Propulsion Engineer II (14) , Senior Engineer (14) , Project Manager (13) , Systems Engineer (13)

What are the pros of working at Blue Origin according to real employee reviews?

"Pay is good if you're all about getting your soul sucked dry and not having a family life." ((in 136 reviews)); "Great people within your teams and teams you work for" ((in 123 reviews)); "Benefits are good." ((in 80 reviews)); "Most areas provide good work/life balance (especially if you take responsibility for setting those boundaries)." ((in 61 reviews)); "Blue has a great culture overall." ((in 46 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Blue Origin according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management brings down the company as a whole" ((in 107 reviews)); "Incredibly toxic behaviors from senior leadership" ((in 76 reviews)); "terrible upper management (though that's changing)" ((in 42 reviews)); "Floor supervisors try but upper managers have no clue." ((in 34 reviews)); "Long hours are the norm" ((in 22 reviews))

What are employees saying about Blue Origin layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Blue Origin layoffs and their outlook for job security at Blue Origin in 2026.

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Blue Origin reviews

3.2

46% would recommend to a friend

(1,216 total reviews)

Dave Limp

34% approve of CEO

40% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.7

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Diversity & inclusion

3.3

Career opportunities

3.1

Work/Life balance

2.8

Culture & values

2.2

Senior management

Blue Origin has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 1,216 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Blue Origin employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Aerospaziale e difesa industry (3.6 stars).

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Reviews by job title

1K reviews

3.0

Jun 24, 2019

Inspiring vision, but seems to be losing its culture

Software engineer iii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

SPACE — there’s not a lot that’s cooler than that, is there? Opportunity to have a huge impact, even as an individual contributor

Cons

Benefits and compensation are not competitive in the region Commute can be pretty gnarly — no good public transit options Titles and career advancement seem totally arbitrary with little transparency Very little trust between upper management and the majority of the work force

3.0

Jun 22, 2019

Compare to amazon

Director

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

rockets, vision, human spaceflight, coworkers with similar interests

Cons

lower than industry avg pay, no management training or experience- be prepared to be managed by someone thats just been there longer and not someone that has experienced leading humans (leading technical work is not equivalent but blue thinks it is)

4.0

Jun 20, 2019

Hard work, mostly worth it

General manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Fantastic mission goals, brilliant engineers and peers, and hard problems.

Cons

The standard is high, be expected to work 50 hours a week.

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