Great learning opportunities but poor work-life balance and upper management steamrolls
Great learning opportunities but poor work-life balance and upper management steamrolls
Lots of great learning opportunities and independence if you get your work done. If you have any ideas, it is very easy to get them approved or implemented because there is lots of room for improvement at a startup. Great relationships with coworkers and fun ERGs. This may be changing, but some upper leadership is still very involved in those ERGs. Also, good snacks, a nice facility, and you get a $10 daily lunch stipend that delivers food to the facility so you do not have to leave or panic about whether or not you have time to eat that day.
Terrible work-life balance consideration. Everything is about the next urgent delivery, and there is no breathing space between deadlines, and you are shamed for not dedicating your life and free time to this company. There is a big push to be "like SpaceX" yet very little realistic knowledge of how to get to that point and too many people who idolize SpaceX. Original company values were very much the opposite. This is a startup, so everything has a chaotic feel, but at least you used to feel like you had control and influence over the solution. Now you just feel like a cog in a chaotic machine. Lots of turnover starting to happen because of this, and there is no leadership response. Also a bad taste in the mouth due to what happened to former employees' ISOs when there was a reverse stock split that rendered their ISOs worthless.
Listen to your employees and stop being wishy-washy with your employee requirements. I've heard and seen too many mid-year and EOY reviews where employee feedback was out of the blue and none of these policies are documented. They're just inherently required based on the preference of leadership. Stop steamrolling lower management and start including them in decision-making.
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Relativity Space Interview Experiences
Software Engineer
Several phone screens and several on-site interviews (without a bathroom break!). Interviewers constantly brought up SpaceX and seemed very hit or miss. There are obviously intelligent people there, but the culture seemed worrying at times.
Test Engineer
I was contacted by a recruiter for a phone screen shortly after applying. The next step was a phone interview with the hiring manager. I was told I would have to give a 30-minute presentation during my on-site interview. Less than one week prior to m
Mechanical Engineer 1
The process consists of 3-5 interviews, followed by a final presentation interview. These interviews can range from a basic screener to technical interviews that contain one or more people. Overall, the interview process was very clearly laid out and
Software Engineer
Los Angeles, California, United StatesJune 1, 2023Several phone screens and several on-site interviews (without a bathroom break!). Interviewers constantly brought up SpaceX and seemed very hit or miss. There are obviously intelligent people there, but the culture seemed worrying at times.
Test Engineer
Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, United StatesAugust 1, 2022I was contacted by a recruiter for a phone screen shortly after applying. The next step was a phone interview with the hiring manager. I was told I would have to give a 30-minute presentation during my on-site interview. Less than one week prior to m
Mechanical Engineer 1
United StatesJune 1, 2024The process consists of 3-5 interviews, followed by a final presentation interview. These interviews can range from a basic screener to technical interviews that contain one or more people. Overall, the interview process was very clearly laid out and
