Number in the Machine - Senior Engineer Rocket Lab Employee Review

4.0
Aug 20, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

On site available lunches if in the man facility. Great diverse interesting people. High tech product Becoming more professional and working on their issues. Transitioning from Startup to Large company teething issues are mostly gone

Cons

No longer a fun R&D facility Founding members often overlooked for promotion They say they have your back but regularly see good people thrown under the bus. You're just a number, a cog in a machine, expendable backed up by being a rocket company with 1000s of applicants to replace you. Growth is slow and you get stuck in your role with little hope to move up. Better to leave and come back to change roles. Career suicide as there is little to no development or learning promoted.

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Cons

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