No place for technical people. Do not waste your time. - Engineer Northrop Grumman Employee Review

1.0
26 Oct 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Decent salary and benefits. Full education reimbursement.

Cons

The management makes technical decisions without consulting the technical staff. The management takes no responsibility for their actions and retaliates against employees that speak up or question their decisions. Northrop Grumman corporate refuses to acknowledge any of the problems at this branch and will not take any action. There have been 3 rounds of "reduction in force" with no reduction in management. I expect this place to be closed in 2 years with the way the management is running things. Soon there will be 1 employee and 300 managers. Sound like a good idea to me. Many good people have left voluntarily due to the incompetence of management.

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