r/BlueOrigin

Hi! I live in Austin, TX, I work in the pet service industry. Does Blue Origin need pet support and if so what exactly is needed?

I need to get this off my chest because what I’ve seen happen over inside recruiting and leadership has been disappointing.
There was a time when this company felt like a place people were proud to work. People cared about the mission, production, quality, and making sure the right people were being hired for the right reasons. But over time, leadership has shifted in a direction that feels more political than productive.
From what I’ve witnessed, certain people are being placed in key positions not because they are the best fit, but because of personal relationships and loyalty to leadership. At the same time, experienced employees who helped build the company before the newer leadership culture took over seem to be getting pushed out or overlooked.
One of the hardest things to watch was seeing highly respected recruiters pushed out, people who truly cared about the company, understood the business, built trust with hiring teams, and had the company’s best interest at heart. Many and some were respected by many, and their absence is already being felt. Recruiting has not been the same since.
As a manager, that is concerning because recruiting directly affects production. If we cannot bring in quality people the right way, everything else suffers — operations, timelines, team morale, and the ability to execute. Hiring should not just be about pushing numbers. It should be about finding people who can actually help the company build, grow, and succeed.
Over the last few years, recruiting was at its strongest when the focus was on quality, relationships, and understanding what the business truly needed. Now it feels like decisions are being made by people who do not fully understand the impact those decisions have on the floor, the teams, or the mission.
This company used to feel like my happy place. Now it is becoming harder to come to work with the same energy because of the way leadership is handling people, trust, and culture. Good employees are being pushed away, managers are losing confidence, and the people who actually care about the mission are left trying to clean up the damage.
Leadership needs to take a serious look at what is happening. If the goal is truly to build something great, then the company cannot keep allowing politics, favoritism, and number-driven hiring to destroy the culture that made people want to be there in the first place.
Remember that quantity over quality is not the right thing to do. So it get it right or leave.

Signed,

STILL LOVE OUR MISSION BUT NOT GREAT RECRUITING MANAGERS

Hey future blue team. So I found out my parents don’t have my original birth certificate this past Monday. I immediately called my birth states clerk/county clerk and purchased expedited shipping for a certified original birth certificate. The problem is, it’s 5-7 business days. With the holiday weekend, USPS is showing updates… I have a copy of my original birth certificate, receipt and shipping tracking for a certified original, will I be able to start my orientation Monday? I’m worried because the emails I’m getting are holding the word “original” for “US PERSON IDENTIFICATION” and I don’t have the alternative option of a passport. Thoughts?

EDIT: MY MOM FOUND MY BIRTH CERTIFICATE IM SAVED!!!

Is there anyone here who could do me a favor and explain with a simple language how the Blue Origin's employee equity works? Is it worth anything? Is it possible that the BO employees get as rich as SpaceX employees?

The title pretty much

Should I get written comments from peers and people outside the org? Multiple stakeholders who vouch for me and vote in favor of my promotion?

My dad was recently an employee with Blue for the WA location and then the line got shut down (New Sheppard) and he got put on a stipend type ordeal and had til June 1st to secure another position or else he’d have to reapply as a ‘new’ employee.

Fast forward, he got hired on at the space coast location and signed the offer letter on June 1st. They eventually got relocation set up for him and were paying for a truck, movers, car shipping and giving him a check.

The truck people came to his house yesterday to measure all his stuff and it went well. THEN today… He got a call saying he may not have a job now because he has a DUI on his record from end of 2024/beginning of 2025. Anyways…. It must not of been on his record previously as he passed the initial background screening when he first got hired with blue.

Has anyone had anything similar happen and everything work out?

They told him the recruiter would be contacting him but his recruiter has the WORST communication and rarely answers his calls, emails, etc. (it’s been a fight since day 1 trying to contact her or find any info out).

Checkr said he has 5 days to dispute it but how are you supposed to dispute something like that when he pleaded guilty? (Aside from showing proof of drug & alcohol counseling and proof of going to meetings everyday for over a year).

He’s supposed to start on the space coast on the 7th and has now been out of work ever since Sheppard shut down (blue only paid him up until June 1st). I’ve never seen him in such a bad head space and just want to try giving him some words of encouragement that it’s maybe happened before and everything may still work out. (He got hired on as an Assembly & integration tech level 3).

I recently got an offer and will be moving to the Kent office soon. My friend will visit me sometime. Is BO open to visitors? What's the process like to request a visitor visit so I can show my friend around? Do we have any strict rules of photography? Thanks

It has been done before.

With all the news on SpaceXs IPO and everyone talking about some SpaceX employees became pretty rich, I figured I share my thoughts and opinion after having worked at both companies (I copied my own text from another thread). Both places were positive places for me to work at for different manners

Blue Origin gave me my first role working on rocket engines, I got to do a wide scope between build and test, formed lasting friendships with many different people, and got a healthy exposure of the outdoors. I will always be grateful for my time at Blue Origin.

SpaceX eventually gave me an opportunity to work on Falcon 9, there were many things I learned in terms of efficiency and technical knowledge. I got to work on the world's most efficient launch vehicle service as well as play a role in unlocking vehicle return opportunities. I also learned a lot about the type person I was and what I wanted to strive for in life.

At the end of the day (and this is for the Blue employed people in the threads here), SpaceX with there equity did pay out higher in the long run than Blue Origin despite a shorter tenure. BUT UNLESS YOU'RE 150% PASSIONATE ABOUT THE SPACEX MISSION DO NOT GO THERE. There are better efficient ways on making money that do not drain your energy and time.

The people that get to work at Blue Origin or SpaceX have great opportunities to do some cool shit and grow themselves to new opportunities. So yeah you can always find new opportunities elsewhere, and the good thing is many decent aero companies offer equity not just SpaceX, to the Blue folks frustrated about equity the opportunities are there.