Does Woodward pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Woodward employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Woodward. This rating has improved by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Woodward?

59% of Woodward employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Woodward 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Woodward?

Operations Technician (29) , Mechanical Assembler (26) , Engineer (18) , CNC Machinist (16) , Engineering Intern (16) , Mechanical Engineer (16) , Program Manager (12) , Intern (9) , Machinist (9) , Manufacturing Engineer (9) , Operations Supervisor (9) , Customer Service Representative (8) , Engineering Manager (7) , Mechanical Engineering Intern (7) , Operation Technician (7)

What are the pros of working at Woodward according to real employee reviews?

"Benefits are great." ((in 154 reviews)); "Great people to work with" ((in 87 reviews)); "it was good pay." ((in 55 reviews)); "Good work/life balance (most people around me work from 8:30" ((in 18 reviews)); "They have Good Health Benefits" ((in 14 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Woodward according to real employee reviews?

"Management is poor and leads by intimidation and thinly" ((in 69 reviews)); "Incompetent leadership and HR." ((in 16 reviews)); "Too many managers and not enough people doing the work." ((in 16 reviews)); "This structure gives upper management the majority of the leverage in decision making processes and allows discretionary authority over all internal policies including technical decisions." ((in 13 reviews)); "Salary is a but low but there is a site" ((in 10 reviews))

What are employees saying about Woodward layoffs in 2026?

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What are the top reviewed Woodward locations?

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Woodward reviews

3.7

59% would recommend to a friend

(709 total reviews)

Chip Blankenship

75% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.6

Diversity & inclusion

3.6

Work/Life balance

3.6

Career opportunities

3.5

Culture & values

3.1

Senior management

Woodward has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 709 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Woodward employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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Reviews by job title

709 reviews

2.0

May 31, 2011

You will get hired if you dont want to work.

Assembler

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Easy place to work, some people are nice. Good benefits. Picnics.

Cons

The pay is horrible. And they can make you work long hours. Their are tons of lazy people who cheat on their time sheet, take long breaks, and dont do any work or just plain screw up , and they dont do anything to correct it. Some people just walk around and talk to others all day. You have to be in a ceratin group of people to get away with this, and you will. Some people have to work and some do not.

3.0

Apr 4, 2011

It has been a great place to work

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Health care benefits are pretty good, Flexibility with time off is pretty nice, Vacation time is ample, Lots of friendly people work there.

Cons

Lack of good management - there is a lot of indecisiveness. Pay is lower than other companies and annual raises leave a lot to be desired. A lot of politics in management that prevent crucial decisions from being made.

2.0

Mar 2, 2011

The Barber is Gone, But it is Still Woodward Culture

Senior mechanical engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

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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