Northrop Grumman reviews

I was in satellites, and ever since Northrop bought the company in 2002, I've noticed a slow decline in the space side of the business (in favor of the much larger aircraft side). There are many more opportunities in aircraft these days, and I started to get the sense that corporate management wasn't all that interested in winning a lot of new space business anymore (just not nearly as much $$$ to be made as there is in military aircraft). So if you're interested in the space side of things, opportunities here seem to be much more limited than they were 12-20 years ago.

Every single minute of your 9-hour day is documented. If you take a 5 minute bathroom break, you can't charge that time so you need to work 9 hours and 5 minutes, for example. Furthermore, the facility at Rolling Meadows is atrocious. No windows, terrible culture, even worse "amenities." Also, the benefits package is not good. Anybody who says it is does not have knowledge in this arena. Rx coverage is lacking severely, contributions are high, and the "benefits center" is a useless resource. You need to communicate all requests through the benefits center, but this is impossible when their employees do not know what they're talking about. I have never been more frustrated with a benefits package.