Company is out of touch...Junior engineers beware: cuts to education assistance. - Mechanical Engineer Northrop Grumman Employee Review

1.0
Nov 7, 2019
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Pros

-Semi stable assignments -experienced senior staff -classified programs -flexible work times -possible to transfer departments with some effort.

Cons

-corporate management is out of touch with employees. -accountability is not a priority. -profits most important at end of day. -uncompetitive salary/raises. -hurry up and wait -education assistance keeps getting cut. NEW GRADS BEWARE: education assistance benefit cut to $10K per year Jan 1, 2020. If you are expecting to study for a Master's degree while working, you may be served better elsewhere. Employees in the middle of a master's program will not be grandfathered in, meaning multiple hundreds of employees are being stuck with massive out of pocket costs and others are contemplating dropping their programs. Others are now dissuaded from starting in the first place because of this change.

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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