Mentally and physically draining marred by poor leadership, nepotistic behavior, and toxic culture - Anonymous employee Northrop Grumman Employee Review

1.0
May 26, 2022
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The mission and programs are interesting.

Cons

Toxic work culture, poor functional management that is clearly untrained and not empowered, lack of support or promotional growth, and crazy hours. You literally have to get offers from elsewhere and threaten to leave for them to take you seriously. If your employees have to bond around how bad it is just to cope, you know you’re doing something wrong. Truly a waste of my years both professionally and probably off of my overall life from the enormous stress.

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Pros

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Cons

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