SpaceX's Elon Musk Earns 8th Spot on Glassdoor's Top 100 CEOs List
SpaceX employees have good reasons to be happyGiven SpaceX's recent track record with rocket launches (and rocket landings), it's not surprising that employees approve of Musk's leadership. Following an explosion of its Falcon 9 on the launchpad last September, a major setback for the company, SpaceX has been on a success streak in 2017.
It's interesting re Glassdoor. After the Amos 6 anomaly, Musk's ratings started trending up. I wonder what Musk did to make his troops approve of him more after that episode.
...I would be suspicious of people who mention "free coffee" as a "great employee benefit" and reason to join. It's a perk at most.Similarly, I haven't worked in the US, but company canteens, usually charging net cost price only, are absolutely standard for firms above a certain size.
Quote from: Lars-J on 06/21/2017 01:03 amQuote from: Lar on 06/21/2017 12:05 amAll that said I don't see free coffee as a huge benefit.Why are we concentrating on the 'free coffee' part? That seems to be the least of the perks listed.Why are we talking about perks at all for that matter? Anyway, Free Swag is FAR more valuable!
Quote from: Lar on 06/21/2017 12:05 amAll that said I don't see free coffee as a huge benefit.Why are we concentrating on the 'free coffee' part? That seems to be the least of the perks listed.
All that said I don't see free coffee as a huge benefit.
‘They’re just like us’: Hawthorne middle-school girls get unique SpaceX visit
It’s rare to get a tour of SpaceX’s rocket-making Hawthorne headquarters, let alone one-on-one chats with its engineers.But some Hawthorne middle-school girls who got just such an invitation recently were in awe of the work being done in their neighborhood.“It was pretty surreal,” 13-year-old Bella Freire said. “Usually, you see rockets in magazines but not up-close and personal. Seeing people work on them is amazing. It makes me feel really small.”A new volunteer group of female SpaceX employees — the 300-member SpaceX Women’s Network — welcomed Freire and two dozen other Prairie Vista Middle School students on a Saturday afternoon this month for some lessons on engineering and tips about life.
Freire said she enjoyed doing hands-on work with the engineers. Even though it sounds “kinda cheesy,” she said she was inspired by what she saw and heard.“I was expecting them to be nerds, but they’re just like us,” she said. “One of the SpaceX girls reminded me of myself, and she was able to go to college and do engineering, and build a race car. That was pretty cool.”Students got to take home their creations to tell their families about what they learned.Toepel said she hoped to inspire young women in the way she was inspired by former NASA aerospace engineer and astronaut Susan Helms.“Ever since I was young, I knew I wanted to become an astronaut,” Toepel said. “When they’d send a crew up, I’d sit there watching the Earth rotate in complete awe. Susan Helms became my mentor growing up because I thought: ‘There’s nothing special about her. I can do what she’s doing.’ ”
Quote from: RedLineTrain on 06/21/2017 01:48 pmIt's interesting re Glassdoor. After the Amos 6 anomaly, Musk's ratings started trending up. I wonder what Musk did to make his troops approve of him more after that episode.After the events of 9/11, American Flags appeared on any house with a flagpole and 'American Flag Car Flags' were everywhere.Adversity breeds solidarity. In the face of a big problem, my little problem doesn't seem so worth griping about.Elon probably didn't have to do anything except lead and give direction to his teams.
Quote from: Cherokee43v6 on 06/23/2017 12:34 pmQuote from: RedLineTrain on 06/21/2017 01:48 pmIt's interesting re Glassdoor. After the Amos 6 anomaly, Musk's ratings started trending up. I wonder what Musk did to make his troops approve of him more after that episode.After the events of 9/11, American Flags appeared on any house with a flagpole and 'American Flag Car Flags' were everywhere.Adversity breeds solidarity. In the face of a big problem, my little problem doesn't seem so worth griping about.Elon probably didn't have to do anything except lead and give direction to his teams.Not nothing...
Quote from: AncientU on 06/23/2017 12:38 pmQuote from: Cherokee43v6 on 06/23/2017 12:34 pmQuote from: RedLineTrain on 06/21/2017 01:48 pmIt's interesting re Glassdoor. After the Amos 6 anomaly, Musk's ratings started trending up. I wonder what Musk did to make his troops approve of him more after that episode.After the events of 9/11, American Flags appeared on any house with a flagpole and 'American Flag Car Flags' were everywhere.Adversity breeds solidarity. In the face of a big problem, my little problem doesn't seem so worth griping about.Elon probably didn't have to do anything except lead and give direction to his teams.Not nothing...Agreed. However it is what he already does, not anything exceptionally different or special. I am certain he tailored that leadership to the situation, as any good leader would do.
I think most of us would have followed him into the gates of hell carrying suntan oil after that. It was the most impressive display of leadership that I have ever witnessed. Within moments the energy of the building went from despair and defeat to a massive buzz of determination as people began to focus on moving forward instead of looking back.
Shotwell: I was the 7th employee at SpaceX. We’re up to about 7,000 now. #NewSpaceEurope
SpaceX bumps up hiring efforts with a focus on Hawthorne facility production line
