Planning analyst - Anonymous employee Northrop Grumman Employee Review

2.0
Dec 22, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Has health benefits and 401K like other big companies; has year-end shutdown, 9/80 work schedule in certain groups,

Cons

Very demoralizing environment for employees; performance ratings are based on quotas, no career growth; favoritism is how staff get promoted; free-loaders get promoted and kudos while the one actually do their work get slammed with bad reviews and get stuck cleaning up the mess; many managers should not be managers, lack leadership skills and play favors to their friends and friends' kids

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