Northrop Grumman reviews

Eliminated pension in 2008. Has a 401K plan that is not very employee frriendly. People hired pre-2008 can get a company match of 4%, but have to contribute 10% of their salary to get the Northrop 4%. People hired after 2008 get a 6% match, but conditions are also hard to meet in order to get the full 6%. Matching conditions are not easily discoverable. Raise pool over time has become very unfriendly to employees. Performance appraisal process is not connected to salary. Employees get ranked based on how they meet their goals. Then the company decides on a yearly basis what percentage of employees need to be ranked as Level 5, 4, 3 or 2. Level 5 employees can get a decent raise, even in the 10% range. But about 1/2 of the employees get a 0% raise - because so many people have to be ranked Level 3. Then the salary decides what raise the person gets - if the employee makes over the mid-point salary of the employee grouping, the raise is likely to be 0% for all Level 3 employees. This is incredibly demotivating for employees: they can work hard, meet or exceed all of their goals, and still get a 0% raise. Years ago the company implemented a policy that disallows brining personal plants to the office - to eliminate using Northrop water for a personal plant. Benefits costs are skyrocketing as the company tries to eliminate money it spends on employee benefts. However, Northrop is truly a 1% company. Executives are treated much differenty than non-management. VPs and above receive large salary increases, as well as bonuses - while ~50% of the normal people get 0%. Over years, the company has eliminated many grade levels - making it very difficult to get promoted. It is a good company to work at for 2 - 3 years, but not for 10 or more.

I thought I had gotten the opportunity of a lifetime only to find out it was all a sham. Working in the supply chain dept at the Spectrum Center in San Diego is a living nightmare. Very toxic environment! The managers are the worst I have ever seen. They lie to your face, promote backstabbing and gossip among employees. You can't complain to HR because they are friends with the managers and will make sure you never get promoted or able to move depts. You will only get promoted if managers like you regardless of experience, education or work performance. Preferential treatment is at all time high. Just suck up to that lazy manager and you get your way. If you aren't one of the favorites you might as well leave because your career and salary will come to a halt. The turnover is the highest I've seen, PAs are always going out on disability or quitting but the managers don't care they can always fill the positions with contract labor. The managers have all gotten the positions because they are friends with the bosses wife or some else, they bring nothing to the table while sitting in their offices trolling their phones all day. PAs get blamed for pretty much everything when things go wrong. We are the punching bag of other departments. Programs don't realize it's a tough job pleasing programs and compliance and when you have unproductive lazy managers life is very hard. The processes and procedures PAs have to work with are so outdated it's unbelievable for a company this size. Sucking up to compliance is what PAs have to do all day every day for no apparent real reason. I have never been so stressed at work in my entire life and can't wait to find a new job like everyone else.