Great! If you want to be a small cog in a big machine, and spend 9 hours a day stroking people's inflated egos! - Anonymous employee Northrop Grumman Employee Review

1.0
Jul 7, 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Pay was on time. My desk had a chair most of the time. Food trucks outside regularly.

Cons

- Impossible to get hardware from IT. - Waited 2 months for necessary system access. - Managers don't understand your work, and will make no effort to do so. - Pay is middling at best. "Raise" well below inflation, and "bonus" of pennies while the company sends emails boasting about record profits. - A couple good ol' boys run the show, and everyone else is terrified of them. - Sexist remarks made openly in program-wide meetings are ignored and/or endorsed. - Talking at times is unsafe or well outside of the scope of your position. Zero accountability for management. - Zero diversity in my program. - "The facility never closes" policy, which often necessitates employees driving in harsh and unsafe winter conditions. - No work from home capability.....unless you're a mAnAGeR. - Outright refusal to offer upskilling or cross-training. They would rather hire new, unsuspecting people than play nice with local area training resources and offer legitimate career development.

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5.0
Apr 13, 2026
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Pros

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.

Cons

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

3.0
May 20, 2026
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Pros

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.

Cons

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.

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