Does Draper pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Draper employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Draper. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Draper?

90% of Draper employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Draper 4.4 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.2 for culture and values and 4.0 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Draper?

Intern (22) , Senior Member of Technical Staff (20) , Member Of Technical Staff (11) , Member of Technical Staff II (11) , Principal Member of Technical Staff (10) , Software Engineer (8) , Engineer (7) , Senior Member of the Technical Staff (7) , Distinguished Member of Technical Staff (6) , Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO) (6) , Mechanical Engineer (6) , Systems Engineer (6) , Engineering Intern (5) , SMTS - Senior Member of Technical Staff (5) , Internship (4)

What are the pros of working at Draper according to real employee reviews?

"Great People and doing awesome work" ((in 65 reviews)); "Great benefits is about it" ((in 47 reviews)); "Good work life balance" ((in 23 reviews)); "Pay was good for what I did." ((in 19 reviews)); "Great, smart coworkers" ((in 16 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Draper according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management, politics plays big , Group Leaders have no clue what there people do in there departments." ((in 23 reviews)); "The culture is terrible." ((in 14 reviews)); "Purchasing and upper management are affected by this." ((in 13 reviews)); "4 different managers over about 2 years." ((in 10 reviews)); "Being that its mostly defense/government work, salaries aren't as high as in industry." ((in 6 reviews))

What are employees saying about Draper layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Draper layoffs and their outlook for job security at Draper in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Draper locations?

Cambridge , Boston , Saint Petersburg , Tampa , Huntsville , Houston , Cape Canaveral , North Bergen , Arlington , Reston , Cornwall , San Antonio , West Lafayette , New Castle , Odon , Kent , Londonderry , New London , Orlando , Andover , Malden , Westford , Saint Petersburg Beach

Draper reviews

4.1

90% would recommend to a friend

(387 total reviews)

Jerry Wohletz

94% approve of CEO

75% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

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 387 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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Reviews by job title

387 reviews

4.0

Jan 22, 2021

Great programs and benefits

Smts - senior member of technical staff

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Coworkers, location, project variety and challenge, benefits

Cons

Lack of Progression and poor managers

4.0

Jan 19, 2021

Great place to work.

Embedded engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

smart people and freedom to work on projects that interest you. Fulfilling work.

Cons

I am no sure what to place down here

3.0

Jan 17, 2021

Hard to find interesting work

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

* Retirement matching is super good * Superb work/life balance and hours flexibility. Any hrs worked over 40 can be re-used as a vacation-like time. Some people really do work whatever hours they want to. * Get to work on many different projects. It's common to be split between two or three projects. * Some projects involve some really cool technology.

Cons

* Some projects are just plain boring. Draper advertises a lot of cool projects, but it's only ~5% of the work they do. * Work comes in boom and bust cycles - but mostly bust. Sometimes you'll be scraping the bottom of the barrel for stuff to do, or you'll be trying to network for tasking because your project is ending. Other times multiple projects can have simultaneous gluts of work. * Lack of modern dev-ops type tools. You can't run Docker on your computer, you can't set up any sort of CI/CD platform (unless you commission a VM and try to set up a git runner there), and there's no easy way of sharing code artifacts (eg: nexus) . * Most managers don't really have a good grasp of their people's daily responsibilities or career goals. * Lots of turnover at all levels. One large (100+ people) program had 3-4 different managers over about 2 years.

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