Once a great company but nowadays, not so much! - Technician Northrop Grumman Employee Review

1.0
Jan 14, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Well....it was a job and that's about the only pro I can list. Pay and benefits were not the best.

Cons

If you want to work a dead end job with dead end pay for a dead end company this place is for you. Opportunities for advancement were for all practical purposes nil and only open to friends and family therefore forget even trying...they already know who they want for the job! Entirely way too much emphasis is put on college degrees and not enough on merit and experience. What you end up with is a gaggle of people who are book smart to the nth power yet have no practical skills. Apart from that I personally saw them put people in positions that had scant or no aviation experience whatsoever over those who spent decades in aviation, especially in positions of aircraft inspection...and people wonder why I don't fly anymore! Only way to move up was to leave to which I did and now I have a whole plethora of advancement opportunities. I used to hear all kinds of stories from older (all of which now retired) employees how when it was just "Northrop" and when it was just "Grumman" they were good companies but nowadays not so much. I used to laugh it off but now I see what they mean.

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5.0
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Pros

Work life balance is great

Cons

Slow paced environment, lots of waiting

1.0
Jul 17, 2026
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Pros

Mission driven, smart engineers who understand and believe in the mission. Low cost insurance compared to other primes. Great experienced resources across sectors. Big company with opportunities to transfer into different positions and sectors.

Cons

Only applies to the local site in Northridge. Chaotic, last minute changes. Leadership or leads are running it all to the ground and resisting changes to assimilate into Northrop grumman culture. Inadequate process/procedures, and resistant to positive changes for years has made the site unbearable. Worst employment retention as years go by and HR or leadership at top do not care. Most of the talent has joined other internal sites, other companies, retired due to burn out, stress and workload. Unkept promises, low or no raise and ok bonuses. Mass exit happening every week and supercedes the inexperienced hires being added. Corporate wants to change the site but the leaders and few legacy employees are fighting to preserve their toxic work culture. The very few who should leave are rude, unprofessional, bullies, protected by their leaders, HR doesn't care at the site level. Join other sectors and sites do not come here. It's mostly young inexperienced engineers and few legacy talent left. Learning is expected on the job, expectation can be impossible due to old inadequate policies, overwhelming workload wearing multiple hats.

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