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> who the hell would want to work for the US government when they can work for spacex? Can a SpaceX employee comment here? Work at SpaceX looks stressful. Elon
by GuB-42 5y ago
> who the hell would want to work for the US government when they can work for spacex?
Can a SpaceX employee comment here? Work at SpaceX looks stressful. Elon Musk looks like a workaholic asshole expecting all their employees to do the same, but without getting rich. Maybe government work is boring by comparison, but you get a personal life.
- jvanderbot 5y agoMy good friend worked on the landing faring (those strut things that flare out when it gets near the ground) for the Falcon 9. He said it almost killed him. Now he builds decouplers and other mechanisms for planetary rovers and enjoys it just fine. One of the members of my group just left for SpaceX last year, because he just wanted to work somewhere else for a change. He was one of the better FSW engineers we had seen, and I'm sure he's helping SpaceX do great things! Another friend of mine went off to Amazon to oversee their warehouse automation. And we just hired a bunch of really stellar folks from NG who were fed up with their workplace. They seem to love it here. It's an industry. Changeover is pretty normal.
- reducesuffering 5y agohttps://www.teamblind.com/company/SpaceX/ https://www.teamblind.com/company/SpaceX/ They have an atrocious Work-Life Balance rating and reputation. Like bottom 2%. Expect their mission to become your life’s mission; 50-60 hour weeks.
- misiti3780 5y ago50-60 hours a week doesnt seem super crazy to me, if you dont have kids