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      Northrop Grumman

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      Northrop Grumman reviews

      3.8

      76% would recommend to a friend

      (13,373 total reviews)
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      Kathy Warden

      81% approve of CEO

      65% positive business outlook

      Ratings by demographic groups

      Northrop Grumman has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 13,373 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 Aerospace & Defense industry (3.6 stars).

      Reviews by job title

      13K reviews
      4.0
      Feb 26, 2026

      Good

      Aeronautical engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Cool stuff you can work on.

      Cons

      Bloated defense contractor practices limit innovation

      3.0
      Feb 26, 2026

      I stay for the benefits

      Principal tooling engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      401k Matching starts at 100% of the 1st 4% & 50% of the next 4% and after you've been at the company long enough (I think that's how it works), it bumps to 50% of the next 6%. PTO is good too. You start at 3 weeks and bump up regularly. Caps at 200 hrs. You can roll over 2x your annual accrual. Education assistance.

      Cons

      You'll get moved to a classified program with no pay bump. In my current role, management will work you at a higher level and you don't get compensated for it or promoted. Very bad at employee retention. Lots of changes to policy and procedure all the time and no one know what they're doing. No sick time. Since the company is so big, your SOW is very narrow and the longer you stay the harder it is to leave b/c your experience becomes limited to very few areas - your only opportunity is to do the same job for a different company. Operators/technicians are micromanaged and treated like children.

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