Northrop Grumman reviews

3.8

76% would recommend to a friend

(13,292 total reviews)
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81% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Northrop Grumman has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 13,292 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Northrop Grumman employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Luft- & Raumfahrt, Verteidigung industry (3.6 stars).

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13K reviews
2.0
Jun 24, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

- Innovative projects/programs - Good coworkers - Decent benefits - multiple locations HR has a stellar reputation for conflict resolution.

Cons

- Horrible middle management. They are given full decision making autonomy while rarely being held accountable. If you're hired on to a program or project team with this type of questionable leadership, you are doomed. - Zero work/life balance. At the direction of senior managent to cut cost, deliver on spec, and on schedule, middle management grossly under hires the required number of personnel for teams while utilizing the "do more with less" mentality. Subsequently, programs have extremely high turnover rates due to employee burnout and being multi-tasked to accomplish several different jobs that you weren't hired for. - Almost zero employee investment. #2 defense contractor. They could careless if you stay in the same position 2 years or 20 years. There are many employees that work 12+ hour days then turn around and are forced to seek higher certifications or training on their own limited free time. - Communication flow only exists between corporate and middle management. "The less the worker bees know the easier they are to control" methodology. Management won't teach you a thing about the company or their processes. If you want to understand what goes on within the company you'll spend countless hours surfing the internal websites trying to figure things out on your own.

1.0
Jul 10, 2012

Lousy Place to Work

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

9/80 Flex Time Off, health benefits

Cons

Incompetent management, raises/promotions based on what circle an employee spins in, no credit for good work done, managers allowed to act on personal biases towards subordinates, extremely-high level of undeserved hubris among some employees and managers, denied opportunities, an environment where turning in one's co-worker for frivolous reasons is highly encouraged, sub-standard compensation

1.0
Feb 5, 2026

Do not apply for Sentinel

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Comp package is average. Average benefits.

Cons

The management on SEIT/DevStar under Sentinel is horrible. Most people quit around 12 months. Managers are extremely toxic and openly bully people. Managers hire their friends and play favorites. Daily micromanagement and bullying. Please do not apply for anything Sentinel related. This program and their management is the worst.

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