The vision
No desk jobs here
Powerful company with determined
employees
Pays below avg and for full time employees and extract as many hours as they can
Svantaggi
Long hours can be challenging if you don’t have a good manager or understanding partner
Stocks are good
Vacation starts with 3 week/year
On site food is not bad
Sabbatical at 5 years
* **Unmatched Mission & Impact:** You are literally working on rockets and spacecraft. The cool factor is 10/10.
* **Brilliant Coworkers:** You will be surrounded by some of the smartest, most driven engineers in the world.
* **Insane Career Growth:** SpaceX on your resume is a golden ticket. You will learn more here in 3 months than in 3 years at a normal company.
* **Hands-on Experience:** They actually trust interns with real, critical hardware. No boring coffee-fetching tasks.
Svantaggi
**Cons:**
* **Zero Work-Life Balance:** 70-80 hours a week is the norm, not the exception. Say goodbye to your social life and sleep.
* **Extreme Burnout:** The "hustle culture" is toxic. You are expected to treat the company as your entire life.
* **Mediocre Pay:** The hourly pay is average, especially when you factor in the insane hours and the high cost of living in LA/Hawthorne.
* **Chaotic Management:** Decisions can change overnight based on whatever Elon Musk tweets or feels like doing that morning.