Good job if you like working on Defense contracts - Mechanical Engineer Northrop Grumman Employee Review

3.0
Jul 25, 2008
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Pros

You get to work on defense contracts. Basically some of contracts involve designing and building large carriers or frigates for the Navy. The work environment is also fairly stable since most of contracts or jobs seem to last anywhere from several months to several years. The people who work there tend to be more laid back.

Cons

I don't feel that the compensation is enough from the engineering side. The bigger companies such as Shell and Exxon are paying their engineers generously and are till reaping a ton of profits. I do believe that an engineer should be paid on his/her merits or accomplishments and his/her seniority.

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

The people you work for directly are wonderful professionals. They listen and truly work together as a team, sharing their ideas and critiques freely and fairly. Even the managers, leads and program mangers are the best I have worked with in a while.

Cons

The Csuite are not as inventive and very risk averse. They cry about needing to keep talent and keep the knowledge base from being lost. But when a program gets canceled or stop work, if you arent at one of their main work sites like in Dulles or Gilbert, you are out of luck now with their push of no "remote" work. And by remote that means not at whatever site the managers are at. And it isnt the managers choice either as the corporate pushes them to deny "remote" or make their lives miserable if they try to keep current employees that could fill the role at other offices.

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