, which draws from interviews with more than 20 current and former Blue Origin employees, paints an extremely troubling picture, from rampant sexism to ineffective and condescending micromanagement by executives.
One mid-level employee sent co-founder Jeff Bezos and the rest of the company's leadership an excoriating memo upon his departure in 2019, telling the execs that "our current culture is toxic to our success and many can see it spreading throughout the company," according toThose are sentiments echoed by many of the space company's other former and present employees.
"The C-suite is out of touch with the rank-and-file pretty severely," an unnamed former top exec told the newspaper. "It’s very dysfunctional. It’s condescending. It’s demoralizing, and what happens is we can’t make progress and end up with huge delays."