Stay away - Pilot DroneUp Employee Review

1.0
1 Apr 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Met a few great people Got paid to watch a circus everyday

Cons

Leadership is a joke with zero experience in unmanned systems. They put their egos over listening to experienced employees. Company is filled with incompetent people that literally bring nothing to the table. They hemorrhage investor money while lying to them about the "tech" they have that does not work, or they don't actually have. Everything is smoke and mirrors. The path in which the company is supposed to go changes daily with no actual goals or direction.

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5.0
29 Aug 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Work/life balance. Big company with family feel.

Cons

Change of direction can be challenging.

2.0
23 Apr 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Pay is above average, easily 75th percentile+ for engineering and management personnel - Time off Policy is good

Cons

There are probably too many to list.... - Company does not reward those who go above and beyond. - Very high medical premiums - No job security whatsoever. Layoffs happen every 6 months at a minimum. When they do happen, usually 10-50% off the company is let go without notice. - Much of the leadership at this company are not intelligent about how to develop aerospace products in a formal manner. It shows and makes developing compliant products immensely challenging. - Very little communication from leadership for such a small company. - Constantly changing goals and directives with no clear strategy being presented - The company wants to be "scrappy", but what that actually means is they want people to cut corners, work long hours without compensation, and sacrifice their own careers for the sake of the company.

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