Does Northrop Grumman pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Northrop Grumman employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Northrop Grumman. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Northrop Grumman?

76% of Northrop Grumman employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Northrop Grumman 4.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Northrop Grumman?

Software Engineer (699) , Systems Engineer (613) , Engineer (283) , Mechanical Engineer (221) , Intern (165) , Program Manager (150) , Associate Software Engineer (145) , Project Manager (129) , Principal Systems Engineer (121) , Manufacturing Engineer (115) , Principal Software Engineer (101) , Manager (94) , Associate Systems Engineer (92) , College Technical Intern (90) , Senior Software Engineer (87)

What are the pros of working at Northrop Grumman according to real employee reviews?

"Good benefits and 401k." ((in 1368 reviews)); "So its a great for people who go from undergrad to grad school with minimal experience and can get a well" ((in 1078 reviews)); "Good work life balance; company tries to not have it's engineers work over 80 hours if possible" ((in 966 reviews)); "good pay and I learned a few new things which was fun." ((in 945 reviews)); "You can work on very interesting projects and make a good salary working for Northrop Grumman." ((in 304 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Northrop Grumman according to real employee reviews?

"Management can be poor and unorganized" ((in 589 reviews)); "The job postings are very misleading and managers do not understand how to construct an effective team." ((in 323 reviews)); "Raises are small unless you move from one job to another and you get a "raise" at the new position within the company." ((in 185 reviews)); "Incompetent upper management due to cronyism and nepotism." ((in 166 reviews)); "Communication is poor and process seems very unorganized." ((in 70 reviews))

What are employees saying about Northrop Grumman layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Northrop Grumman layoffs and their outlook for job security at Northrop Grumman in 2026.

Northrop Grumman reviews

3.8

76% would recommend to a friend

(13,337 total reviews)

Kathy Warden

81% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

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Northrop Grumman has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 13,337 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).

Reviews by job title

13K reviews

1.0

Sep 3, 2020

Invest in Training

Planner

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Salary was ok 3 weeks of vacation Every other Friday you have off

Cons

Invest in Training of Non-Union Employees. Too many employees have tribal information which is not in any Process or Documented Manual. Make sure the Training is Robust. Make sure you are not setting any employees to fail. Also realize if the Employee does meet your expecations and fails that is 100% your fault. You Failed that employee. Being trained and being made to feel stupid at the same time.

2.0

Jun 11, 2020

Can you drink the Kool-aid?

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

9/80 Schedule, Good location, opportunities for some. This site is very Millennial focused. If you're a Millennial, work hard and can get on board with the way things are done you can go far. Good long term work.

Cons

Nepotism, Lacking Leadership, Lacking Technical Expertise. This site was woefully lacking on technical expertise and leadership. When they received some new work they promoted who they had into senior technical and leadership roles. Unfortunately, they were not ready for those roles when compared to the larger industry. They have brought in some good folks from outside the company but the old guard is still in control. Hopefully the folks brought in from other companies that are more experienced in the aerospace industry can turn things around. Management roles are assigned through a combination of hard work, nepotism, age (Millennial) and ability to go along with the way things are (drink the Kool-aid). Outside ideas coming from employees from more prominent experienced companies are strongly discouraged (not drinking the Kool-aid). Things are very chaotic and unorganized. Processes and procedures are non-existent.

1.0

Dec 5, 2019

Would not recommend

Program cost analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good work/life balance - every other Friday off

Cons

Will change policies with blatant disregard of its effects on employees. 1.5 months before the start of 2020 employees were told Northrop would no longer be paying tuition reimbursements. This means people who got programs of over 120K+ approved that year were out of luck. When Northrop received backlash, employees were told to suck it up and figure it out. Caring about employees is just lip service from Northrop.

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