It's not at all surprising there would be a counterproductive culture. Rockery isn't commerce. The management style which may result in excellence in commerce isn't the same that will do well in rocketry. It stems from Bezos and we know all the bad complaints that has produced.<p>That said, can we get away from lazy shortcuts like 'bro culture' even if it's a juicy quote? Imagine someone said hick culture or urban culture, fem culture, whatever. It may be true in some way but try and use understandable adjectives rather then ones the reader has to fill and load with meaning.
This is organizational rot in action.<p>The former CEO of Honeywell is not the right guy to be at the helm. To be fair, this problem predated him. But it's just exacerbated BO becoming just another Corporate America drone factory of useless management and no leadership.<p>Just like Corporate America in general, risk not only isn't rewarded, it's actively punished. Barney Stinson said it best, "doing things gets you fired" [1].<p>I honestly think BO needs to clean house and almost start over. The culture is just bad at this point and throwing money at the problem just makes it worse.<p>[1]: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoGwD-Ik7R8" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoGwD-Ik7R8</a>
> Bezos, who recently stepped down as chief executive of Amazon, also owns The Washington Post.<p>I like how they hide this statement several paragraphs into the article. Suddenly I have to ask if I am getting the entire story. Surely there is a better source for this story?
The main problem with Blue Origin is that it isn't SpaceX. And I think Bezos clearly knows that he has a very small window of chance to make it work. So I bet the top-down pressure is insane. Perfect condtions for a toxic culture.<p>So if you get a job at Blue Origin with the expectations that is going to feel like working for a cozy, cultural-heavy, trendy startup, you probably should re-caliber the way you set your expectations.
Amazon (especially AWS) is the pioneer and market leader in its segment and the work culture is still terrible. Blue Origin is playing catch up to SpaceX, so it's hardly surprising that as a Bezos-led company the culture is even worse.
I had a one hour phone interview one of their engineering managers a few years ago and I thought everything was going well but he said to my face that I'm not a suitable candidate for then. I don't know about their work culture.
doesn't sound like a place I'd want to work .. but i can't help notice the parallel to similar sentiments about Amazon's early days, and we all know how that turned out
> Another top executive was coached by human resources on appropriate workplace behavior after he repeatedly referred to a group of female employees as “mean girls,” which continued even after they complained about it to management<p>What's a logical reason why "mean girls" is egregious enough to require reeducation, but "bro culture" doesn't bat an eye?