Northrop Grumman Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Northrop Grumman full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – 1. Competitive pay and excellent benefits, including flexible work arrangements for many people (9/80, 4/10, WFH).
2. Exposure to interesting cutting edge engineering technologies.
3. People who care a lot about their mission to help protect warfighters.
4. Lots of opportunities for advancement.
6. Good work life balance.

Cons – 1. Lots of meetings that don't seem to have a purpose.
2. Ineffective managers and staff are often coddled. These individuals are not fired and often are not even confronted for their inappropriate behavior.
3. Very hierarchical organization. Although "open door" is promoted, using it is not likely to get you the outcome you desire.
4. Some areas of the company are understaffed.

Advice to Senior Management – 1. Weed out the poor performers.
2. Hire more young people. NG needs to do a better job of marketing itself to college students. Most college students today are concerned about finding a job when they graduate, and NG has many jobs to offer IF students obtain the right degree. These students already have a leg up because of US citizenship requirements for employment in the defense industry, but they don't know it. We need to reach out to them and let them know there's a great chance of a job at NG if they get the needed skills.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Northrop Grumman

Pros – Strong technical and programme management ethos.

When UK management had primacy, NGIT had a capable, competent and cohesive team .

Good to gain first job experience of a Fortune 100, multi-national.

Cons – US centric view on market not aligned to european business
ITAR restrictions place huge difficulty on pulling product though from US.
UK staff sometimes treated as "third country nationals"

Advice to Senior Management – Listen to your East Atlantic staff, you can only step down in volume from the US market.
Smell the coffee or give up in Europe.

Current Employee – been working at Northrop Grumman full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Good place to work and grow your career. There are opportunities to individuals to lead multiple projects. It's not the place for those that just do their job. This is a place for people who want to lead and excel.

Cons – Government pressure with sequestration. As with many big companies, bureaucracy and procedures can get in the way at times.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Northrop Grumman as a contractor for more than 3 years

Pros – Good and well known company in the Washington D.C. area. They have good benefits and seem to pay in a fair range according to your expertise. Human resources work quickly to get you through the hiring process once you accept.

Cons – Government contracting world is not the most stable.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Northrop Grumman

Pros – Challenging, new opportunities, growth, and education benefit.

Cons – None at this moment, but will update soon!.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Northrop Grumman full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Full spectrum of capabilities and access to specialists that are preeminent experts.
Flexible work plans and generous leave policies

Cons – Large company bureaucracy and overall inattentiveness to employee needs and desires.
Positive work environment is very program specific. Good programs are good, Bad programs

Advice to Senior Management – It doesn't take much to make employees happy. Even small gestures of appreciation besides hollow certificates and pens would be more than enough to keep especially your younger demographic happy.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Northrop Grumman full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Flexible working environment
Co-workers are friendly and nice.

Cons – No bench system after you are layoff or your project/contract end
Not much salary increases after annual review for last 2 years

Advice to Senior Management – Too much reliance on Defense sector.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Northrop Grumman full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Challenging Engineering Assignments with Good Benefits and Training

Cons – Current focus on cost reduction due to decline in government aerospace spending

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Northrop Grumman full-time for more than a year

Pros – Location, opportunities, benefits, education assistance, pay, the value of having a well-known name next to yours.

Cons – Difficulty transitioning within the company from one position to another, a mixture of high achievers & slackers (80/20 rule applies here)...nothing out of the ordinary.

Advice to Senior Management – Come together...right now...over me.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Northrop Grumman full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – The most exciting, interesting technology I've ever worked on, with some of the sharpest people

Cons – Large bureaucracy, and the ultimate boss driving the bureacracy is congress, the most fickle and near-sighted customer you can imagine.

Advice to Senior Management – * use and contribute to open source projects to get the latest and greatest capabilities
* use knowledgebases, not wikis and forums
* use company-wide VCS for all documents and software

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company