Flexible schedule but difficult management and advancement - Principal Systems Engineer Northrop Grumman Employee Review

Steady work and interesting projects. Really positive culture with engaged Employee Resource Groups. A good mix of long-term managers, and those moving up. Reverse commute from a good chunk of Los Angeles along the 101. Benefits standard good. Getting paid for extra hours during crunch times is nice vs. standard salary for most engineering companies. Still salary when there are brief lulls in projects.

Bad commute from Ventura Big return to site push even for roles that don't need it.

Job security, nearly impossible to get laid off, Hours for most people are consistent, generally a good benefits package. You are able to jump around laterally within the company very easily. Once you get to T3 and above the salary becomes decent for prime standards. Easy, almost non-existent interviews.

Not moving fast enough in the current defense market. Lots of red-tape. Turnover at specific sites are insanely high. Promotions take forever and the increase in salary is minimal. They don't care about retention. They will let you walk and give your replacement a sign-on bonus and a higher salary. There are a lot of slackers and old timers riding it out till retirement. Only about a 1/3 of this site is actually productive. Yes-men get into management and ignore technical experts. Agile hiring is a huge issue where people are just thrown onto random teams. Easy, almost non-existent interviews allow people without relevant backgrounds to join teams. Every site operates completely differently.