Fundamentally broken management - Senior Principal Systems Administrator Northrop Grumman Employee Review

2.0
Jan 24, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Work supports the defense of the nation - Flexible work schedules - Great peers

Cons

The management is fundamentally broken. No direction, or cohesive strategy to address security requirements. Nepotism and cronyism is rampant. Ancient internal processes, cheaply and inefficiently run, drains time and effectiveness from employees. Do more with less, you will be told, when your department experiences high turn over, and the extra work falls on understaffed and burnt out departments. They seem to be actively alienating senior staff so when they quit can be replaced with inexperienced low paid staff who will stay long enough to get experience, get burned out, and then abandon ship.

Explore other reviews about Northrop Grumman

5.0
Jul 9, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Work life balance is great

Cons

Slow paced environment, lots of waiting

3.0
Jul 7, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The people you work for directly are wonderful professionals. They listen and truly work together as a team, sharing their ideas and critiques freely and fairly. Even the managers, leads and program mangers are the best I have worked with in a while.

Cons

The Csuite are not as inventive and very risk averse. They cry about needing to keep talent and keep the knowledge base from being lost. But when a program gets canceled or stop work, if you arent at one of their main work sites like in Dulles or Gilbert, you are out of luck now with their push of no "remote" work. And by remote that means not at whatever site the managers are at. And it isnt the managers choice either as the corporate pushes them to deny "remote" or make their lives miserable if they try to keep current employees that could fill the role at other offices.

See reviews by: Helpful|Rating|Date|All