Run - Anonymous employee Axelspace Employee Review

Some genuinely talented and kind engineers and staff — mostly at the non-managerial level. Unfortunately, they tend to leave once they realize how broken the system is.

Axelspace may brand itself as a space company, but behind the flashy front lies a disorganized organization with no working product, no functional satellite operations, and no coherent business direction. If you're a potential investor, partner, or customer — do yourself a favor and stay away. The company suffers from an overinflated management layer full of self-interested mid-level managers and directors who prioritize personal comfort and cliques over actual progress or employee well-being. Despite being founded in 2008, the company seems stuck in the past — or worse, moving backward. Employee burnout is normalized. Many team members routinely clock over 100 hours per week, while leadership deflects responsibility and gaslights staff for struggling under the load. Talented individuals are overworked, underpaid, and grossly underappreciated — which explains the high turnover. Non-Japanese employees face a clear glass ceiling. Regardless of skill or contribution, they are often sidelined in favor of Japanese colleagues, even when those colleagues underperform. The company pays lip service to diversity but does little to foster inclusion or equity. Perhaps most concerning is Axelspace’s approach to handling harassment and misconduct. Power harassment, especially towards foreigners/and or women, is swept under the rug, with a broken evaluation system that protects managers (mostly Japanese and men) and punishes those who speak up. Unless drastic reforms are made, Axelspace will continue to be a cautionary example of how not to run a company in the 21st century — in space or otherwise.

English speaking people from all over the world Helps in visa sponsorship as well.

Not much focus is given to engineers