Draper reviews

4.1

90% would recommend to a friend

(384 total reviews)
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Jerry Wohletz

94% approve of CEO

74% positive business outlook

Draper has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 384 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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384 reviews
1.0
Jan 14, 2017

Clueless leadership

Recommend
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Pros

Great committed tech staff, top notch aerospace engineering.

Cons

New CEO is making changes without much strategy. Does not seem to listen. Spending money and energy on pointless TV commercials and strange building projects.

2.0
Nov 1, 2016

Member of Technical Staff 1

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good work life balance. Opportunities to have them pay for graduate courses. The library will purchase books on request, regardless of if they are related to the work.

Cons

Difficult to maneuver matrix organization. You are hired into one task, and it is hard to move into other tasks. You have to network in person, but this is difficult because of the size of the company and how quickly positions fill up.

4.0
Sep 28, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Worked with many of the brightest people I've ever met. An easy-going work environment, especially for a defense contractor, great benefits, great location if you want to live in the greater boston area. The work that goes on is very interesting and is a great place to learn.

Cons

The company is going through organizational changes and there is not always a steady stream of work for the great influx of people they're hiring, it can be difficult to get onto a new project when one project has ended unless you were lucky enough to make the right connections quickly (this applies to newer people who are not as established at the company, in my experience)

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