No Personal Growth or Accountability Whatsoever - Anonymous employee Axiom Space Employee Review

1.0
15 Dec 2021
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Commercial aerospace is an exciting space to be in Company has gained a lot of traction publicly Some colleagues are great people

Cons

"Too much disrespectful behavior allowed without consistent consequences for bad behavior" "Lack of trust" "Lack of transparency and information sharing" "Fear of speaking honestly, candidly and openly about concerns and direction" These are some of the top concerns/results from a company-wide survey. What's more, Axiom's first CFO quit less than 2 weeks after joining, and Axiom's first HR manager quit as well after trying to improve the company culture in vain. Aside from a handful of great colleagues that made it a bit better, my experience was horrendous. My manager would routinely reach out to me at 10 pm on a Saturday night to complete some "urgent" work, while leaving me completely idle with no follow-up tasks during regular business hours. There was no training o and constant micromanagement, even of those colleagues who are obviously hardworking and highly competent. Due to a gap in internal tech implementation, there was also a brief period during which we could see all of the internal emails, and I saw my manager making up blatant!!! lies about my team members and me... And this is a company that's supposed to be pioneering space tech! The icing on the cake was that Axiom was fully in-person throughout the entire pandemic - people didn't wear masks until an outbreak happened, and even then, there was only a few weeks' pause until everyone was expected back for to be in the office everyday.

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5.0
15 May 2025
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Pros

Innovative, data-driven, and positive culture. The company is definitely a great place to work for

Cons

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2.0
5 Apr 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Working on the mission was genuinely exciting and meaningful. You get to work on real hardware and actual flight-related systems Good learning opportunity to learn tools and work on fast-paced projects.

Cons

Pay was/is well below market, especially for mid-level engineers. A lot of emphasis on equity/RSUs that may or may not be worth anything in the near term. Things often feel disorganized, responsible engineers change extremely frequently, priorities shift, and teams aren’t always aligned. People here tended to be unfriendly and cliquish, there were exceptions but it did dampen the mood of the office. I would have liked to have seen more optimism and less cynicism from the workers, management or otherwise. You're working on spacesuits and a space station, how many companies can say that? Employees did tend on the young side or recent graduate side, I think the company would benefit from having more experienced engineers. Communication can be rough, with last-minute changes that make work harder than it needs to be. Felt like managers would not directly respond to workers of a lower strata. Culture can feel political at times, with certain people dominating conversations instead of focusing on getting things done. Growth and promotions weren’t clear at all, as performance impact to salary was extremely subjective or totally disconnected altogether, and there was/and presumably still is no leveling system.

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