Outdated culture - Anonymous employee Northrop Grumman Employee Review

2.0
Dec 6, 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The benefits are really good. It's a good place to start if you have no experience and want to work in defense contracting

Cons

The culture is too old and toxic for young professionals. Terrible engineering practices and the work you do will set you back 30 years. The pay is some of the lowest I've seen across similar companies as well. Management has a bias toward hiring people from their small private college, and most higher managers all come from said unknown private college

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Cons

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