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      Northrop Grumman

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      Northrop Grumman reviews

      3.8

      76% would recommend to a friend

      (13,386 total reviews)
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      Kathy Warden

      80% approve of CEO

      64% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.1

      Work/Life balance

      4.0

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.7

      Culture & values

      3.7

      Career opportunities

      3.6

      Compensation and benefits

      3.2

      Senior management

      Northrop Grumman has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 13,386 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Northrop Grumman employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Aerospace & Defense industry (3.6 stars).

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      13K reviews
      1.0
      Feb 26, 2020

      Stay far away

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Good pay and some good programs, but that’s not worth putting up with all the other headaches that come with a job at Northrop Grumman.

      Cons

      Work/life balance is nonexistent. The corporate team micromanages everyone. Having your own creative ideas is looked down upon. The people that thrive are the ones that sit with their heads down and do just as they’re told. Tools and access needed in order to effectively do your job are not provided. If you are below the director level your opinion and input doesn’t matter. Short, sometimes impossible, deadlines are constantly expected to be met. Team morale is the lowest I’ve ever seen in any company I have worked for. Fosters a “dog eat dog” culture. It’s impossible to move up unless your management is willing to fight extensively for your career growth.

      4.0
      Sep 10, 2019

      Stable but Slow

      Systems engineering manager
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      Pros

      Northrop Grumman is a great place to work if you are a seasoned professional who values your life outside your job. If you work overtime, you get overtime pay at 100%, which is fantastic. As is pretty standard for the Defense industry, there is a program called 9/80, whereby if you work for 9 hours a day, you get every other Friday off. It's pretty great. There some tuition reimbursement, but it is contingent on your manager approving it. Up to 6% 401(k) matching with a 3 year vesting cliff is nice as well. Lastly, Defense is a very stable industry that will always be around and never outsourced, which gives you enormous job security.

      Cons

      Being a defense contractor, the pace of work is painfully-slow. Contracts are always delayed by months, which can be very frustrating for young professionals looking to make a splash in their career and stand out among the masses. Moreover, there is a huge problem with knowledge sharing. The old guard is retiring or getting grumpy at all the work they are doing to support their programs because their colleagues of 20-30 years are retiring. There is incredible disorganization in onboarding materials and no clear system for how to learn the way Defense work gets done. Directors will point you to intranet websites with broken links, and there are few human beings who are dedicated to your continuous learning. It's all on you to ask questions, which makes you feel like a pest. Lastly, senior management feels immensely disconnected from frontline managers and their engineers. They talk in lofty terms without understanding how hollow and aimless their strategies are.

      1.0
      Jul 1, 2019

      Bad culture, ancient technology, poor infrastructure, poor management, no career trajectory

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      -Off Fridays! -Can flex your work time -People are generally nice -Pace of work is slow and mostly low pressure -Lots of young people bringing in new energy

      Cons

      -Lots of employee turnover in engineering -Benefits are really lacking (terrible medical plans, avg. 401k, very restricting educational assistance, almost zero company perks, etc.) -Company morale is extremely low -Minimal pay increases and small competitive bonuses are not incentivizing -Poor mentoring and training for new engineers and technicians - not a learning culture -Training budget got eliminated -Very slow promotions and career growth for most. There is no transparency in career path and salary. -Over hired engineers in 2017 and people got shifted into places they were not hired for -Management communications are not transparent and the employee surveys are a big joke instead of development opportunities

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