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 153 reviews)); "Great people there that make the day better" ((in 89 reviews)); "it was good pay." ((in 53 reviews)); "Good work/life balance (most people around me work from 8:30" ((in 16 reviews)); "life balance, friendly coworkers" ((in 15 reviews))

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

"Management is poor and leads by intimidation and thinly" ((in 69 reviews)); "Incompetent leadership and HR." ((in 18 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 13 reviews)); "Salary is a but low but there is a site" ((in 11 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

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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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708 reviews

5.0

Mar 1, 2012

Great experience

Summer full time intern

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

-Six Sigma & Lean Manufacturing experience -Opportunity to lead training sessions -5S experience -DMAIC experience -Completed a whole project to reduce waste in inventory -Established current states in different work areas

Cons

-Doesn't pay as well as other places -11.50 an hour freshman +$1 for every year of school EX Junior $13.50

4.0

Dec 13, 2011

Satisfying

Machinist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Woodward governor is a large and recognized company in the power controls industry. It is very growth oriented and offers great benefits.

Cons

The pay was sometimes not as high as some felt it should be. Also some of the managers were not very good in recognizing employees performances.

2.0

Dec 9, 2011

An elite level that is hard to crack

Sales & marketing

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits, so good that they don't think they have to pay you. Good IT which is hard to find at many companies.

Cons

three years raises: 0%, 0%, 2%. They use a comparative salary system to other local companies, but there are no other local companies this big, Woodward employees lose. As previous have mentioined there is a middle management level of "old-timers" who take the credit for good work and blame the underlings for mistakes. Six Sigma, kaizens...Woodward is stuck in the 1980's following the old Japanese methods. Hello! Motorola, Toyota, Sony did you notice they are all in the toilet? Six Sigma is a way to turn an easy five minute business decision into forty hours of meetings with no resolution!

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