Draper reviews

4.1

89% would recommend to a friend

(388 total reviews)
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Jerry Wohletz

95% approve of CEO

78% positive business outlook

Draper has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 388 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Draper employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Aerospace & Defense industry (3.5 stars).

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388 reviews
3.0
Jan 31, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits benefits benefits Can be low pressure environment depending on your manager and work New atrium is cool place to work, good for internal networking and customer visits

Cons

Because pay is fair and benefits are excellent, most staff feel trapped in a place they don't enjoy, and don't have the energy to search for another job. Cons for me were mostly program based, and your experience is likely based on which projects you are on. Most staff work around the systems in place for most processes: promoting, delegating work, hiring, to name a few. My program had an attitude of finding work to do because we had money coming in rather than because we had specific project needs. There was a large pressure on the staff member to find work rather than work being assigned or delegated.

5.0
Jan 20, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Flexibility to work on a variety of projects. Great place for self-starters. Strong tech staff.

Cons

In somewhat of a transitional period, moving from DoD focused tech (longer terms and perhaps riskier) to commercial applications (shorter-term results).

2.0
Jan 11, 2018

meh

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Some very meaningful work being done at Draper.

Cons

Not a great place to work. Too many old associations, relationships, cliches and backroom politics. Largely invisible HR dept and no accountability or real people management.

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