Such a bummer - Anonymous employee Dragos Employee Review

2.0
Aug 7, 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The mission is great, in theory, but practically there is no way to achieve anything given the inefficacy of leadership. You will work with some truly impressive amazing people who are very willing to knowledge transfer and care deeply about ICS security. There are few companies to get this kind of experience, and this is one of them. The work can be very meaningful.

Cons

Basically everything else. You will also work with some terrible people who absolutely should not be in management or leadership positions. The platform is… interesting. Promises are broken often and moral is generally low. The CEO is incredibly problematic and messy and needs to learn that transparency doesn’t mean people want to hear about his personal and marital life in company wide emails and all hands, but things like processes and how incredibly low “market” pay rates are decided. The denigrating of other companies from higher up's is also uncomfortable and inappropriate. No locality bumps bc “people can live wherever they want.” Equity used as a huge part of pay and incentivizing, unfortunately it’s so bad that I think many people aren’t even bothering taking it with them when they leave. Whole teams can be punished/humiliated bc the CEO dislikes a manager. A huge number of some of the most amazing people in the field have left bc management/leadership can’t get it together. DEI is atrocious here and their efforts are a total joke. They were hemorrhaging women during my time there and didn’t want to address when given the statistics. Insane what has been squandered given what this company was. Very cyber bro drinking culture despite claims to the contrary. The churn is wild.

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5.0
Jul 20, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Dragos offers a very specific and unique mission that allows one to contribute ot have more visibility to your work compared to getting buried in a larger or more general organization. In general, great and helpful teams which are well aligned. Definitely retains is smaller startup type vibe in comparison to massive tech orgs. Recent Accenture news has certainly energized many efforts and reduced uncertainty or doubt both internally and externally. Definitely a sense of “hitting stride” and its a great time to be here.

Cons

Not immune to typical corporate problems such as politics or changes in company or product direction. Much of that is in the past or a result of prior leadership. With recent news and current direction, many of the previously mentioned negatives have been removed. There is a very specific focus for the company and that may be too niche for some. Dragos is entirely remote and generally requires a bit of autonomy to your role, may not be the best for junior positions or those more accustomed to an office environment.

5.0
Jun 26, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Dragos’ mission is unparalleled. You get to work on some of the hardest problems, turning abstract ideas into technical solutions. The solutions directly benefit millions of people who rely on power, clean water, and food. The company is very focused on this mission. This focus stems from Rob himself. Not once in five years has he wavered from this focus. For some people, it’s just a job. But for Rob, it’s a cause. This intense commitment to keeping civilization safe can be off-putting for those who view the company and mission as just another temporary stepping stone up the career ladder. If one is willing to work hard, seek to maximize the value that they offer for this mission, and work with a sense of urgency, then there is a place for them at Dragos. I’ll close with this: Dragos employees work from home, earn in the top percentiles relative to all other workers in the USA, serve a mission that was more important than any one person, and receive amazing benefits. Yet, despite this, some former employees complain. I personally believe some of those people lacked perspective maybe the whole time they were at Dragos. It’s easy to be a critic. It’s a lot harder to keep focus on such a fundamental mission for over a decade while building a company and fighting off malicious adversaries. People need to keep that in mind.

Cons

Honestly I can’t think of anything. People have to be truly out of touch with reality in America to find fault.

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