Potential, Often Stymied - Software Developer Northrop Grumman Employee Review

3.0
Jun 12, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Lots of opportunities for meaningful work in the defense industry. Large conglomerate means many different areas of interest are available. Engineers are treated as breadwinners. Senior management communicates frequently via email and town-hall meetings regarding important business concerns. Many internal R&D opportunities.

Cons

Large conglomerate means you have no idea who you are working for, no idea what most other parts of the company (or event your coworkers) are doing, and are often competing against bureaucracy or other parts of the company.

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
May 20, 2026
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Pros

Job security, nearly impossible to get laid off, Hours for most people are consistent, generally a good benefits package. You are able to jump around laterally within the company very easily. Once you get to T3 and above the salary becomes decent for prime standards. Easy, almost non-existent interviews.

Cons

Not moving fast enough in the current defense market. Lots of red-tape. Turnover at specific sites are insanely high. Promotions take forever and the increase in salary is minimal. They don't care about retention. They will let you walk and give your replacement a sign-on bonus and a higher salary. There are a lot of slackers and old timers riding it out till retirement. Only about a 1/3 of this site is actually productive. Yes-men get into management and ignore technical experts. Agile hiring is a huge issue where people are just thrown onto random teams. Easy, almost non-existent interviews allow people without relevant backgrounds to join teams. Every site operates completely differently.

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