Northrop Grumman reviews

3.8

76% would recommend to a friend

(13,278 total reviews)
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Kathy Warden

81% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Northrop Grumman has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 13,278 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
5.0
Feb 9, 2018

Excellent Employer

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Pros

The company is forward thinking, diverse, and of course technically advanced. A four-fold increase in stock price over the past few years indicates strong leadership at the top echelons. There is a lot of opportunity within the company to grow careers and advance your education.

Cons

Many folks do not see what NGC brings to the table as far as advancing technology. The technology used in developing products often has application value in non-defense products. Being associated with the military industry often sheds a dim light on an outstanding company

5.0
Jun 8, 2015

A Great Company to work for

Recommend
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Pros

Highly Competitive Benefits program Strategic Focus with Great Alignment to Corporate Mission and Vision Commitment to outreach programs and local organizational communities

Cons

Talent Management Program is somewhat limited for mid-career personnel. Model tends to let many leading technical professionals slip away. Frequent corporate to division to departmental realignments limit momentum for high-performer personnel and top performing departments and divisions.

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1.0
Apr 14, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

If you’re smart or clever and willing to work hard, and you can get onto the better projects, it can be interesting and a lot of fun. If you’d like to show up to work, put in minimal effort, and collect a paycheck; it’s definitely the place for you… as long as you can tolerate the moron who will likely be your manager. If you’re not too bright, lack leadership skills, you’re willing to do whatever you’re told by your boss (even if you know it’s wrong), and you aspire to be middle management; this is definitely the place for you!

Cons

If you’re smart or clever and hardworking, you will not be rewarded for your efforts. At this place, you’ve got 10-15% of the people doing 80-90% of the work. And while you may be technically successful (even spectacular), you will peak quickly, you will become entrenched in the necessity of whatever you create, and there will be no opportunities for advancement. Worse than that, it’s as if the management is resentful of technical high performers, and you will be punished for your effort. The “leadership” is a self-perpetuating disaster. The people who are your leadership were technically inadequate (promotable) and completely willing to turn off their souls (follow their leadership without question). There are so many instances of immoral (potentially illegal) acts by the leadership. Experienced people are laid off and demoted for being too senior, retaliation is commonplace, people are promoted without merit, and HR is completely in on it. HR is there to protect the company; reporting problems will immediately get you reported to your management… even if they’re the problem that you’re reporting. If you’re technical, and you’re looking to have a technical career, don’t waste your time with NG. I wasted over a decade of my career at this place. While I loved the work, it was ultimately unsustainable due to the corruption and horridness and incompetence of the “leadership”. I am so much better off after leaving NG. I implore you to look elsewhere. You’ve been warned.

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