Northrop Grumman reviews

3.9

76% would recommend to a friend

(13,305 total reviews)
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Kathy Warden

82% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

Northrop Grumman has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 13,305 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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2.0
Apr 21, 2016
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Pros

One of the well-known organisations in the defence sector in the western world. Each sector of the corporation operates with many projects that offer plentiful development opportunity for those that stay long enough and endure the hardship of living with minuscule pay in high-cost areas. A lot of development resources are available to anyone with the equipments and time to access them.

Cons

Each sector of the corporation operates independently with seemingly zero synergy. The legacy Information System sector was the cheapest sector of the corporation that offered woeful compensation package. IS was the only sector that stopped pension and other retirement programme to supplement 401K. Therefore any legacy IS employees in the current corporate structure will have to make do with working with colleagues that collect much more handsome salaries and retirement package. Transfer between projects is a simple change of job locations and description because salary raise is never a possibility. Work-life balance is non-existent for ground-level employees. Managers cannot be bothered to say 'thank you' when one works through the night to deliver something to make deadline and overtime work is never paid. Anyone foolish enough to demonstrate loyalty and dedication is rewarded with an universally given 3 for average for annual performance rating. As with annual salary raises, anything above 2.5% should be considered a gift from God. There is hope however because favouritism is rampant. Anyone lucky enough to secure a senior manager's affection or has connection with high-level leadership can walk the easy paths paved with rose petals. The company spends a lot of money on employee development but only if employee has a company computer to access the resources. For everyone else that uses only project computers hopes and dreams is the only available option. For anyone that hopes to join because Northrop Grumman was the maker of the F-14 Tomcat and the B-2 Spirit, look elsewhere. Those glory days are long gone and never again.

1.0
Dec 13, 2015

At least when Rome burned...there was music....Doors Closing

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good Benefits, nice people, try to be ethical

Cons

Too much worthless "help" from Corporate, Sector, Division... Very little energy to succeed and current leadership is extremely risk adverse (and not that knowledgeable) so success will be a challenge.

1.0
Oct 10, 2015

This is a terrible place to work.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Decent pay, flexible hours, that's it.

Cons

Everything else. Not good benefits. No recognition of talent. Everything is a firedrill and therefore gets done half right. The Rolling Meadows location feels like you're working in a dungeon. The building has no windows and sucks the life out of you. The company only spends contract money, and refuses to spend overhead, meaning that you end up having to "donate" your own time to work a lot - this is the worst policy the company has.

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Northrop Grumman Response
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Thank you for your comments. We appreciate you sharing your concerns and feedback with us. While we don’t profess to be perfect, we are working hard and devoting significant resources to employee engagement, diversity, and inclusion efforts to create the best culture possible for our workforce. We are also directing significant spending in R&D and capital projects to make sure that we have the cutting-edge technologies and solutions that our customers want, and that our employees have the latest tools and equipment. We are sure that employees at this facility recognize that the very sensitive nature of the work that we do there, plus the wide range of development, manufacturing, and testing activities under way in all parts of the campus, do not always allow us to provide as many windows or as many open spaces as we would like. But we continue to upgrade and improve common spaces at our facilities to make them more energy efficient, safe, and comfortable for our folks and I think you’ll see positive developments in the near term. Our sector Executive Leadership Team emphasizes to all of our people that there should be no fear in providing feedback, whether it be positive or negative, about our leadership, our policies and practices, and about workplace decisions that affect their daily quality of work-life and ability to perform at our best for our customers. PLEASE, take advantage of your local all-hands meetings, focus groups, roundtable discussions, employee engagement projects, and Employee Resource Groups to share your concerns and suggestions for constructive change and improvement. Your immediate Management chain and Human Resources personnel are also there to listen and to provide opportunities to make workplace and culture changes that can benefit you and your colleagues. Finally, our Employee Assistance Plan and our 24/7 OpenLine are other resources for you to explore and utilize, particularly if you wish to remain anonymous.
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