Great place to build your resume and then leave to actually make money - Anonymous employee Northrop Grumman Employee Review

2.0
May 18, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Big company with a lot of opportunities to move around. You can get experience in many different functional areas without leaving the company. Great resume building company. Respectable name with the opportunity to learn several different skill sets in a short time.

Cons

ALL about hiring to increase "diversity"... Regardless of if the individual is qualified or a good fit for the job or not. This may be true in every Company this size right now, but benefits have taken a major hit across the board the past few years. Health Insurance is getting extremely expensive with less coverage. Hard to get materials you need to do the job. Lots of red tape and executive management approvals for even smaller cost items like computer monitors or projectors. Runs a matrix management type organization, so functional groups create and implement processes and procedures to allow their matrices to look good without considering what it does to other stakeholders in the organization. (Puts a bandaid on a problem rather than finding the root cause).

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Pros

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Cons

I joined expecting a long-term career and initially had a positive experience. Unfortunately, the culture changed significantly after leadership transitions. Micromanagement increased, decision-making became highly centralized, and employee morale steadily declined. Many experienced employees and managers left during my time there, making it difficult to maintain continuity and trust within the organization. The work itself was meaningful, and I had the opportunity to support important projects with talented colleagues. However, recognition, career growth, and employee retention did not appear to receive the same level of attention as process, reporting, and management oversight. My layoff was communicated as unrelated to performance, which was appreciated. However, after years of contribution and institutional knowledge, the overall experience left me feeling that employees were viewed as replaceable rather than valued long-term assets.

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