anon_spx

I work for the guy, and I don't think anyone who has worked closely with him would believe that SpaceX or Tesla would be anywhere near what they are without him. He is an extraordinary leader who is deeply involved with all of the engineering decisions that happen at both companies. You'd be very surprised at how much impact he has on fairly low level decisions.

And yet, plenty of people sign up for it. I do what I love and nothing more. If I didn't wake up excited every day or have intense fun, I wouldn't work here. I love my job and work 50 hours a week because I want to. Maybe it's difficult for you to comprehend that some people might actually ENJOY their jobs and CHOOSE to work longer hours.

It's my life and I don't see how there's a controversy that I choose to spend it doing what I love -- especially when I honestly believe that I'm contributing to something that's making the world a better place. I think if you spoke to most SpaceX engineers, they'd say the same thing; the ones that I know (and I probably know a lot more than you) feel the same.

Who are you to judge my life decisions about what I spend my time on? It's my choice and my life. I do what I love and nothing more. Go search elsewhere for controversy -- there's none here.

I'm one of those SpaceX engineers, and I do feel that I have almost complete freedom to get another job at any time if I didn't want to work here or was unhappy about compensation. Your assumptions are wrong. There's no scandal about the working conditions at SpaceX. Me and every SpaceX engineer I know are happy. Move on.

I'm a lurker who never posts (until now), but the bullet on SpaceX triggered me.

I'm a software engineer at SpaceX, and the idea that the average engineer here works 7 days a week is patently false. The average engineer here works 50-55 hours a week -- which I would argue is no different than any other top startup.

We work hard because we are fervently passionate about our mission and wanting to make a positive impact on the world. SpaceX recruits top talent, and every engineer that I know could easily get another job if they had any desire. Me and almost every other engineer at SpaceX that I've spoken to love working for SpaceX and Elon, so please don't pity SpaceX engineers or use it as a talking point in your vendetta against him.