Deficient "Leadership," Myopic Thinking, and Inflated Stock Prices - Senior Subcontracts Administrator Northrop Grumman Employee Review

2.0
May 23, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

+ Decent Annual salary + Good Benefits + Some really intelligent colleagues + Telecommuting options within some departments + Great amount of Paid Time Off

Cons

- No transparency in management to employee communication - Very little employee engagement. Management focus is primarily on "financial" numbers, their own hidden agendas, rather than putting the focus/attention on their "team" and helping to make them become successful. - Too many short sighted "managers" and very little in the way of actual "Leaders" - Very little experiential learning opportunities. High promotion of SkillPort or other "online" webinars/videos advertised as "educational" tools. - Reorganization every other year. - Company values do NOT align with actual business practices. Focused primarily on "customer" satisfaction and very little focus on employees (no engagement or development). - HR has very little investment or direction in terms of L&D, OE, or succession planning. - No Strategic Workforce planning. - Supply Chain "leadership" is nonexistent (at least in the MS Sector). McLean and Annapolis Junction locations are delusional in regards to leadership, employee engagement, or employee development. This is a very TOXIC environment. - Engagement Survey bandaids (short sighted thinking will never fix the problem)

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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