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      Draper

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      4.1

      90% would recommend to a friend

      (385 total reviews)
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      Jerry Wohletz

      94% approve of CEO

      74% positive business outlook

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      4.4

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.4

      Work/Life balance

      4.2

      Culture & values

      4.0

      Compensation and benefits

      4.0

      Career opportunities

      3.4

      Senior management

      Draper has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 385 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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      385 reviews
      4.0
      Oct 20, 2015

      Wait and See

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      As a Draper Fellow, I'm getting my full tuition for 5+ years of a PhD program as well as my salary paid by Draper. They have bought me $50k+ worth of state of the art equipment and allow me lots of flexibility as a grad student.

      Cons

      The bureaucracy can slow things down tremendously. Everything takes time when some National Security projects are (unsurprisingly) given preference over that of a grad student.

      3.0
      Oct 15, 2015

      Outmoded...

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Some of the people are great, technical staff seems to know their stuff.

      Cons

      Management within department is stagnant, work is menial. Very patriarchal work environment.

      5.0
      Oct 10, 2015

      Engineering Student

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Very casual. Flexible hours. Doing your job and learning what you want is what's important. Surrounded by brilliant scientist willing to talk about what they're doing. They are open to you taking on multiple projects.

      Cons

      Some administrative work can cause bottleneck in your projects. Boss is sometimes out on business trips, so less guidance. Requires one to be proactive in finding more projects. The engineers don't really know your skill level so you need to talk about what you can and can't do (be honest if things are too hard or too easy)

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