Does Woodward pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Woodward employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Woodward. This rating has improved by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Woodward?

59% of Woodward employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Woodward 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Woodward?

Operations Technician (29) , Mechanical Assembler (26) , Engineer (18) , CNC Machinist (16) , Engineering Intern (16) , Mechanical Engineer (16) , Program Manager (12) , Intern (9) , Machinist (9) , Manufacturing Engineer (9) , Operations Supervisor (9) , Customer Service Representative (8) , Engineering Manager (7) , Mechanical Engineering Intern (7) , Operation Technician (7)

What are the pros of working at Woodward according to real employee reviews?

"Benefits are great." ((in 150 reviews)); "it was good pay." ((in 52 reviews)); "Good work/life balance (most people around me work from 8:30" ((in 20 reviews)); "Good benefits package and good people to work with on the line" ((in 13 reviews)); "life balance, friendly coworkers" ((in 13 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Woodward according to real employee reviews?

"Management is poor and leads by intimidation and thinly" ((in 65 reviews)); "Incompetent leadership and HR." ((in 17 reviews)); "Too many managers and not enough people doing the work." ((in 16 reviews)); "This structure gives upper management the majority of the leverage in decision making processes and allows discretionary authority over all internal policies including technical decisions." ((in 14 reviews)); "Salary is a but low but there is a site" ((in 12 reviews))

What are employees saying about Woodward layoffs in 2026?

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What are the top reviewed Woodward locations?

Fort Collins , Rockford , Loves Park , Niles , Santa Clarita , Skokie , Loveland , Zeeland , Duarte , Valencia , Machesney Park , Chicago , Greenville , Los Angeles , Woodward , Monrovia , Denver , Gurnee , Machesney Park , New York , Bloomfield Hills , Grand Rapids , Holland , Omaha , Oklahoma City , Greenville , Arlington , Minneapolis , Loveland , San Clemente

Woodward reviews

3.7

59% would recommend to a friend

(708 total reviews)

Chip Blankenship

75% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.6

Diversity & inclusion

3.6

Work/Life balance

3.6

Career opportunities

3.5

Culture & values

3.1

Senior management

Woodward has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 708 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Woodward employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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Reviews by job title

708 reviews

1.0

Feb 1, 2011

Clueless management

Customer support

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

They do have good health benefits, not enough to balance the low salary though

Cons

After two years of no raises, heavier workload, no perks and speeches about "ecnomic uncertainity" The president got up at the year end meeting, said we exceeded expectations, earnings up, profits up, stock prices up. His conclusion, "You have to work even harder for even less to make this company even stronger" He obviously has not heard the hushed conversations around the office with bill collectors or the number of cars in the lot with pizza delivery signs on top.

2.0

Nov 23, 2010

Looks good, may taste really bad...

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Woodward has an interesting product mix, and they are growing aggressively. There are some attractive locations from a geographic/quality of life standpoint.

Cons

Woodward management is interspersed with a few really bad apples at multiple points in the organization. These are the guys who look good from the top, but bad from underneath - and the guys over their heads don't seem to have the capability to recognize bad management underneath them. Way to much latitude for managers to run rough shod over direct reports, and don't expect any support from HR. They are there to reinforce the will of the guys with power regardless of how capricious, temperamental, or just plain psychotic the individual manager may be. The kind of behavior you may be subjected to could be more akin to being in a $3mm dollar job shop with Scrooge as a boss. You can tell a lot about a company by how they treat their supply base, and Woodward has done some pretty slimy things to suppliers.

1.0

Apr 2, 2022

Zero stars

Mechanical engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

They have medical and dental benefits

Cons

Everything! ‘The’ worst company I have every worked for in 25 years based on working for 6 other companies in my career.

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