Good-ol-boys from SpaceX have taken over operations - Manufacturing Lead Relativity Space Employee Review

1.0
Mar 16, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Awesome ICs to work with, cool hardware, lots of promise if they can fix the culture. Executive leadership and the individuals that built the company are great!

Cons

Operations management has been taken over by a poor Elon emulations, who's "leadership style" is just to pretend to be the smartest person in the room, take credit for other work, and shame you to work harder. If you are considering a job in operations and want to work for a leader whose lost their humanity and whose soul has been crushed, either Relativity or SpaceX will do, but you might as well go to SpaceX. Planning and communication is chaotic.

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Relativity Space Response
2mo
Hi there, Your feedback is sincerely appreciated. A positive, supportive culture is something Relativity Space holds to a high standard, and your input has been escalated directly to our executive team for review.

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1.0
Apr 10, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

-Lunch stipend -Pay is above industry standards

Cons

-Horrific management that lives and breathes the "996 hustle culture" (work schedule that derives its name from its requirement that workers clock in from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm, 6 days per week). Senior Directors expect you to be available and emailing from early morning to late at night. I repeatedly have my supervisor calling me well past 9 PM, always for trivial, non-urgent issues. If you don't respond, expect to have a stern talking to the following morning. -Micromanagement to the extreme. Every email you send, every word you utter is dissected and scrutinized to the nth degree. Zero freedom to utilize the skill set you brought to the company. Senior Directors are in the trenches scrutinizing the work of employees 6 levels beneath them. I've never seen anything like it.

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Relativity Space Response
2mo
Hi there, We're grateful you shared this with us. Relativity Space is committed to cultivating a workplace built on positivity and mutual support, and we take concerns like yours seriously. Your feedback has been communicated directly to our executive leadership team, who will be reviewing it.
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