u/Nearby-Mushroom-7983

I previously mentioned seeing numerous Linkedin posts about top-notch Blue veterans leaving for other companies. I am also seeing many Linkedin post of bright new grads elated that they just accepted an offer at Blue. I wish them well. I wish Blue well.

Hopefully, these engineers can keep their upbeat, youthful innocence as long as possible.

I wish my college engineering curriculum had included a course on corporate policies and politics. Nothing that I learned in college prepared me for that career-long culture shock.

I left Blue shortly before the David Limp/Amazon era. One historical footnote. The mandated "one person in your group gets an unacceptable performance review" policy started with HR SVP Mary Plunkett, who was made redundant as David Limp arrived. She was a gleeful advocate of this "rank & yank" policy whether it was her idea or not. Sad to hear that this policy still exists at least in some groups at Blue.

I even wish Mary well regardless.

I am seeing an increase of top, veteran Blue engineers announcing on Linkedin that they are moving on to other employment, particularly other space startups or energy companies. Is this just normal attrition, "unregretted" or otherwise? On another topic, I live in Huntsville and can hear BE-4 hot fire tests from my home. They make a distinctive sound, especially at shutdown. I haven't heard one in a few months for understandable reasons. But I have also read the Blue Origin is committed to launching New Glenn again this year. I appreciate and respect the "can do" and "never tell me the odds" passion. But I also hope that Blue Origin takes its time to fully identify the cause, take corrective action including redesign as needed, perform thorough testing, and work closely with and get approval from Range Safety, FAA or other relevant government agencies. Achieving successful hot fire tests, pad tests and flights matters more than meeting dates by orders of magnitude. I wish Blue well.