The Barber is Gone, But it is Still Woodward Culture - Senior Mechanical Engineer Woodward Employee Review

2.0
Mar 2, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Salary & Benefits comaprable to similar companies. I found my peers and subordinates to be mostly competent and good to work with. Sales/Marketing was able to bring in new work.

Cons

In my case, I burned out there due mainly to a micro-managing project manager. As the technical lead for new product development teams, I found that the project manager wanted to do too much engineering and not enough managing. At my previous company, the project managers were wonderful - they did the managing and let me do the technical.

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5.0
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Pros

Good people, relaxed work environment

Cons

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3.0
Jul 13, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great with previous leadership. But then...

Cons

New leadership is not as dedicated to employees as previous (although bonuses have been better). New middle management there is a lot of nepotism. Once a stable company, layoffs have been a common occurrence since COVID.

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