Good Company, But On The Decline - Principal Mechanical Engineer Northrop Grumman Employee Review

3.0
May 5, 2024
Recommend
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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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Pros

- Big company so there's always opportunity within the company for career change - They have offices at desirable locations (San Diego, Los Angeles) - Work life balance is good. I never had to work weekends during my 6 years here. Most do 9/80 work schedule but depending on the program, you can work 4/10 work schedule.

Cons

It gets very political when it comes to promotions and raises. You rarely get compensated for working hard but rather on your *behind kissing ability. They have people at the manager positions with no credibility or skills, but for knowing the right people. I get that it's part of the corporate world but this company goes a bit over the board with politics. I've worked for other defense contractors and politics isn't as bad as here. I don't know, but I think having too many Asians at the company creates this weird politic culture (I'm Asian myself), That's just my guess.

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