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
Nov 3, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

- Smaller company ~1100 employees - Users are bright and down to earth; desperate for IT support - A few great IT employees but they are undermined and intimated by departmental favorites

Cons

- IT department is dysfunctional; upper-management, including the head of IT (CFO), are inept and incompetent - IT personnel operate within silos or cliques; if they like you you're in...if not you're out of a job - 1970's IT operation; IT lacks customer-centric, business partner approach; IT staff are career techies (back to main-frame environment) with no desire to interact with customers - IT leadership cultivates an environment where "snitches" excel - No teamwork - just a group of mediocre, underachieving individuals

2.0
Feb 6, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great Location, Great Benefits, Great Engineers

Cons

Diversity is just a word here. Women are second class citizens, (women treat women terribly at all levels). 99% of managers are only in it for themselves, they don't actually have the qualifications or skill sets to manage people. That why there is such a big exodus from the company. Bad managers kiss up to keep their jobs. If there was a 360 review process, Draper could probably clean house to recruit managers that actually care about developing and mentoring their employees.

4.0
Sep 4, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Projects are very interesting and innovative -Most people you work with are actually very smart, good team members, and genuinely want the project to succeed -403(b) matches 10% for every 5% of your contribution (fully vested after 5 years) -unlimited sick time, very good pay for fresh college grads and masters -Leadership opportunities even for people without PhDs as long as you demonstrate competency or expertise

Cons

-Management is extremely incompetent. They encourage bad behavior from higher-ups. There are minimal consequences for the mistreatment of junior staff. -They keep people who don't deliver, don't do their job well and fire people who actually do the work. -They chose to not offer COVID testing for employees because it was too expensive. They quickly brought people back to work after one week of shutdown with minimal safety precautions. -Projects are often extremely under budgeted. -Every hour of work must be billed to a specific project. Management punishes you for charging overhead even though it is their job to find you work.

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