Extremely poor management and job environment at NG in Boulder CO - Systems Engineer Northrop Grumman Employee Review

1.0
26 Jun 2019
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Pros

Boulder Living is really great but...

Cons

As a senior engineer with decades of experience in the space industry, I was given minimal tasking well below my experience level and was treated extremely poorly by the management. There was very little trust given to employees. Performance of many significant tasks went unrecognized; asking not to work on certain projects led to suspicion and professional consequences. Pointing out your strengths only ensured that you would not have a chance to do related tasks. So called secure jobs would just vanish at the end of the year. Witnessed mass exodus and a poor business base. Promises during the interview of quick and easy advancement were completely untrue. Very poor experience overall - I would call that the bottom of the barrel for my career for sure! You should really consider other options instead of going there unless you are really desperate for work.

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Pros

Consistent work with lots of future growth in Utah

Cons

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3.0
20 May 2026
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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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