Micromanage me harder daddy - Engineer Northrop Grumman Employee Review

3.0
Feb 25, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

* Great pay when you first start * Excellent Christmas Vacation * 9-80 Schedule every other Friday off * Almost impossible to get fired once hired

Cons

* Management THICK, expect to have a functional manager, assignment manager, senior manager trying to all tell you what to do at the SAME time. * Micromanagement on an extreme level to justify the existence of 4-5 layers of management. So as an engineer you are allowed ZERO creativity instead you live like a drone executing working that often times is tasked to management but you will let them take the credit right? *RUN AWAY from Sentinel!! This program has such an extreme turn over no one usual stays past three years. This leaves management constantly scrapping and doing over past work leaving gaps in the process. * You are only a number, excessive hiring as management expects people to leave. If you stay you will be taken be taken advantage of, raises are marginal and promotions pretty much don't exist you have to leave the program and reapply to move up. * PTO growth is LAME you make very little PTO considering hours worked expect 3.5 hrs maybe for every two weeks worked if that. * NO PARKING they hired soo many people there is no place left to park if you get in past 8:30 AM. * Incompetence runs DEEP , if you are competent you will be run off by management that doesn't want to be exposed all these years milking the program.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
Jun 11, 2026
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Pros

Not much pros but talented coworkers.

Cons

I joined expecting a long-term career and initially had a positive experience. Unfortunately, the culture changed significantly after leadership transitions. Micromanagement increased, decision-making became highly centralized, and employee morale steadily declined. Many experienced employees and managers left during my time there, making it difficult to maintain continuity and trust within the organization. The work itself was meaningful, and I had the opportunity to support important projects with talented colleagues. However, recognition, career growth, and employee retention did not appear to receive the same level of attention as process, reporting, and management oversight. My layoff was communicated as unrelated to performance, which was appreciated. However, after years of contribution and institutional knowledge, the overall experience left me feeling that employees were viewed as replaceable rather than valued long-term assets.

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