Northrop Grumman reviews

3.8

76% would recommend to a friend

(13,292 total reviews)
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Kathy Warden

81% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Northrop Grumman has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 13,292 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 Aeroespacial y defensa industry (3.6 stars).

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13K reviews
1.0
Oct 17, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Large contract prime, average benefits, recognized industry name (although it does not seem to carry weight anymore)

Cons

Avoid Roy, UT and Huntsville, AL at all costs. The program is constantly behind schedule which means managers burn and grind people to the bone in order to meet impossible deadlines. Bait and switch job descriptions and interviews. Retail stores and McDonalds have better retention than this program. Most people quit the company or move to another program in 12-14 months. There is no continuity on the teams, morale is terrible, documentation is a mess and the environment is extremely toxic because everyone is quitting, fighting to get out of the program, or advance to a position where they can push work onto other people. Favoritism is awful and you will not get recognized as they burn you out. There is no leadership anywhere on the program. Do not apply for anything Sentinel related.

5.0
Feb 19, 2015

Great company

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Most positions are on a 9/80 schedule, which will give you every other Friday off in exchange for an extra hour Mon-Thurs. Everyone is allowed to express their opinions. Highly, highly ethical organization (may be a result of DCMA auditors always being around, but whatever the reason, if you have integrity, this is the place for you). You often get to work on things you only get to read about. Great work/life balance overall... occasionally a project may temporarily disrupt this, but even then, in at least some instances the company will provide straight overtime even though you are salaried.

Cons

HR is the biggest issue here. They take the job requisitions very literally, and so you often have people who are only qualified on paper in a role they have no business being in, while talent has to sit around until they have enough years to qualify for a given role. Merit based bonuses for lower level staff are extremely difficult to get, although surprisingly high (for non-sales folks) if you do.

3.0
May 5, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good to great benefits package. A 9/80 schedule (every other friday off), sometimes hybrid. Some really brilliant people. If you're in the right program, you can branch out and try a bunch of different stuff.

Cons

The company is on the decline. They're having layoffs all across the company. They revoked many internships and post-graduation offers. They're reneging on teleworker agreements and particularly targeting them for layoffs. They lost some programs due to congressional budget cuts, which isn't particularly their fault but many of those programs had deadlines extended many times because NG could not meet them. The leadership is a mixed bag. The section/department managers tend to be great and work to support their reports. The managers at the director/VP level don't seem to know which path of tone deaf destruction they're embarking on that day. They seem to just use buzzwords at all-hands meetings to act like departments merging and reorgs are good things.

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