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 155 reviews)); "it was good pay." ((in 54 reviews)); "Good work/life balance (most people around me work from 8:30" ((in 18 reviews)); "Yearly bonuses of 7" ((in 15 reviews)); "Pay on an annual basis was decent for the region , and the benefits package was also very good." ((in 14 reviews))

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

"Management is poor and leads by intimidation and thinly" ((in 67 reviews)); "Incompetent leadership and HR." ((in 19 reviews)); "Too many managers and not enough people doing the work." ((in 17 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 12 reviews)); "Salary is a but low but there is a site" ((in 11 reviews))

What are employees saying about Woodward layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Woodward layoffs and their outlook for job security at Woodward in 2026.

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

(711 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 711 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

711 reviews

2.0

Oct 20, 2015

Changing times

Electronics technician

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Love the people I work with even though many may be gone in six months they have awesome attitudes and still do their jobs well! Still offer profit sharing. On site doctor and dentist.

Cons

Most hiring seems to be coming from outside the company. No longer much chance of promoting from within the company. Seems to be very top heavy. Creating titles for VP’s for everything. Outsourcing electronic board build outside USA.

2.0

Oct 8, 2015

Really glad I bailed....

Individual contributor at a high level

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

It was at the time a good alternative to working for my employer that was going through bankruptcy...

Cons

Concur with the assertion that management has adopted the "kiss up", "excrement down" philosophy to keep themselves in good standing with their masters. HR is about as big a waste of money that Woodward could be spending money on. After months of trying to tap into them as a way to mitigate the total lack of ethics of my management, they actually were surprised that I was leaving!

1.0

Sep 26, 2015

operations technition

Operations technician

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I really can't think of any anymore unless your new to the company or your in an indirect position. If you work on the production lines and make the product then your just a piece of equipment for this company. The pay is good for the area but not what is should be. Bonus used to be so much better but when your CEO makes more in his bonus then he gets in base pay it's not surprsing.

Cons

Corporate America at its best. An over bloated micro managing management team that seems to get more bloated by the day but they preach lean manufacturering. And the majority of the management seems to not know what's going on a majority of the time. Benifits used to be a lot better but are still better then most. If your new coming from a lower paying job you'll love it here till you get a little seniority and then you see how little they reward hardwork and doing above and beyond. Then you see just how greedy and corrupt this place has gotten.

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