Bad culture, ancient technology, poor infrastructure, poor management, no career trajectory - Anonymous employee Northrop Grumman Employee Review

1.0
Jul 1, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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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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