Work at Northrop, just not in Gilbert, AZ - Production Planner III Northrop Grumman Employee Review

3.0
12 Sept 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

It can have decent pay depending on your starting salary…NEGOTIATE!!! Work-life balance is good with the 9/80 schedule, but there’s nothing holding them back from the 4/10 schedule. Good benefits.

Cons

Where to start? Most of management is useless. They aren’t good leaders, they have terrible communication, and they show blatant favoritism. If you don’t negotiate a good pay rate before starting, the pay can suck. They have low merit increases and bonuses. One person didn’t even get her merit increase because she “didn’t qualify.” The people who work here are weird. It’s very rare you’ll come across a normal, decent, and kind person. People walk by you without saying anything. They act really awkward and strange. Not an inviting environment whatsoever. Lots of drama. It’s like high school because it’s cliquey…including management. There’s no disciplinary action when things need to be dealt with. Depending on who you know, you can get away with anything. If you are the child of someone important or dating the director, you can not do your job or not do it well and still keep it. This place works harder, not smarter. The amount of money they spend on new contraptions and unnecessary upgrades makes zero sense. Most of the changes come from management and they don’t consult the “bottom” workers. They do not honor employees opinions about work matters. The PTO rate is ridiculous. The military gets more time off per year, which is wild.

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Cons

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