SpaceX also launches more rockets than any other launch provider. What is the injury rate per mass-to-orbit? The Reuters report smells suspiciously like a hit piece.
It’s well known within the industry that SpaceX forces their employees to work excessive hours and in unsafe conditions. This is not a hit piece, and it’s weird for you say that at all.
Pretty much all of Elon Musks companies have the same issue with overworked, underpaid employees.
I’d say “forces” is a bit strong wording. Most people at SpaceX genuinely love the mission and will work longer hours because it’s almost a passion.
We’re pretty well-compensated too.
You work longer hours until you’re burned out. I’ve done it before. I also work for NASA and rarely work overtime, and the missions I support are doing just fine. It’s not about being passionate, although I used to think the same thing. I would have done anything to further our missions in space. But guess what, you’re being taken advantage of, whether you realize it or not.
Totally valid, SpaceX doesn’t do a great job of trying to manage burnout. On the other hand, I personally work 40-50 hours a week to avoid burnout and have suffered no ill effects from doing so.
You don’t HAVE to work long hours here.
Lol the injuries are not due to rocket launches, they are due to manufacturing. So your metric has absolutely no meaning whatsoever.
