Exciting initiatives, little follow through. Ideas not results. - Engineer Northrop Grumman Employee Review

4.0
16 Jun 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Quite simply: The work is interesting (or at least looks interesting on your resume), your career advancement is up to you, which is a huge plus IF you have an entrepreneurial spirit, if not, you'll get no where. The pay is good, hours are flexible and dress is pretty casual (some wear shorts, but that is frowned on, jeans get no comment). The company is large and you can meet many people from diverse backgrounds that can help you outside of worklife (part time realtors for instance)

Cons

Entrepreneurial spirit is a must. If you're not willing to sell yourself both to peers, and management there isn't much chance for good advancement. There are few mentors, and few willing to really help out younger employees. The company is making an effort, but follow through is lacking. New, exciting initiatives are launched, and then forgotten.

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Cons

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3.0
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Pros

Job security, nearly impossible to get laid off, Hours for most people are consistent, generally a good benefits package. You are able to jump around laterally within the company very easily. Once you get to T3 and above the salary becomes decent for prime standards. Easy, almost non-existent interviews.

Cons

Not moving fast enough in the current defense market. Lots of red-tape. Turnover at specific sites are insanely high. Promotions take forever and the increase in salary is minimal. They don't care about retention. They will let you walk and give your replacement a sign-on bonus and a higher salary. There are a lot of slackers and old timers riding it out till retirement. Only about a 1/3 of this site is actually productive. Yes-men get into management and ignore technical experts. Agile hiring is a huge issue where people are just thrown onto random teams. Easy, almost non-existent interviews allow people without relevant backgrounds to join teams. Every site operates completely differently.

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