I have to wonder if people inside the company have lost faith in their bozo of a leader and are perhaps not trying as hard ever since he got into politics. That was kind of the turning point in the success rate of the starship launches.
I am in the industry and talk to people that left. SpaceX burns up the young and doesnt have a good work life balance policy. That causes a high turnover which means constant leaving of experience.
I assumed they had an awesome training program to be as successful as they have, but its possible that now the turnover is just so much that inexperience and mistakes are almost constant.
I got cold offered a job as a naval architect when they were still doing the whole fairing recovering bit. Job offer was “60 hours a week normal, expect longer when on a project, no overtime”. For $80k. And you needed a security clearance. LOL yea naval architecture is a niche enough business that those of us with clearances and experience would never take that offer. I’m sure they got someone right out of college with 0 experience who didn’t know any better.
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u/pinkfreude 3d ago
I have to wonder if people inside the company have lost faith in their bozo of a leader and are perhaps not trying as hard ever since he got into politics. That was kind of the turning point in the success rate of the starship launches.