Northrop Grumman Reviews

Pros

The work is very interesting and the pay and benefits are excellent.

Cons

It's a secret environment so information is tightly controlled.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep doing what you are doing.

Pros

Good benefit package, well respected company, when you tell others that you work for Northrop Grumman they are impressed. I loved it there.

Cons

They are very, very big. It seemed at times that some of the East Coast staff weren't very supportive of the West Coast staff--consideration of time zones, etc.

Advice to Senior Management

Do your best to help convey confidence to your staff and make them feel valued.

Pros

Northrop Grumman is an excellent employer with many opportunites for growth, especially if you live near Washington DC or a military base.

Cons

Many of the jobs require Security clearance and if you don't have it, you will have a difficult time getting a position. It is a large organization with lots of red tape.

Pros

It is a large company that offers great opportunities
There was a fair amount of flexibility
The benefits were good

Cons

The structure is flat so there is less opportunity to within the company.
The nature of the work is such that it might be hard to get full satisfaction from the job

Advice to Senior Management

The company has been undergoing many changes with the products and structure. It needs to develop a bit more of a focus.

Pros

Great environment, working in the Structural Integrity Department, the cubicles are fashioned into groups to facilitate collaborative efforts. Engineering staff was more than helpful to aid prospective engineering students.

Cons

Being a fairly old company, they have been transitioning into the digital realm, but a lot of the older data is still in physical paper copy in libraries.

Pros

Fair Pay and rewarding results

Cons

Eyewash and procedures built to cover corporation and not facilitate actual job at hand.

Advice to Senior Management

Work smarter and not harder, develop realistic production scheduling, stop working your best employees to death let them know it is OK to have a home life.

Pros

Transfer opportunities within the company. Good benefits for education (100% with some monetary annual caps for the different sectors - ES is the best sector for those benefits by far). Comprehensive health plans with a few options to choose from.

Cons

They are laying people off left and right. I have been there two years so far and they have had 4 layoff with a possibility of two more to come this year (2012).

Advice to Senior Management

Listen to your employees and invest in a younger, more dynamic and cultural diverse work force.

Pros

Good benefits package
Job security
Low stress
Above average compensation

Cons

Management heavy
Many leaders are narrow-minded, short-sighted, lack the drive and skills to be relevant and competitive
Environment stymies innovation and improvement, change
Frequent awards for insignificant or irrelevant work diluted effect of praise and recognition

Advice to Senior Management

Trim dead-weight from both management and employee tiers. Encourage, recognize, reward those who innovate. Expand into new markets. Devise and commit to road map that brings company back to relevance and in touch with modern business models and technologies.

Pros

Good place to work. Lots of challenging and interesting programs.

Cons

Company is very large, and management seems disconnected from everyone else.

Advice to Senior Management

Connect more with your employees

Pros

Lots of support from peers. Great talent and knowledge available.

Cons

Victim of business decisions of parent company in Baltimore.

Advice to Senior Management

Become independent of Baltimore. No power to do so.