My experience has been Turbulent - Systems Engineer Northrop Grumman Employee Review

1.0
May 19, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Tuition Reimbursement Genuinely Interesting work Many locations in and around Baltimore area You work with some seriously smart people, especially in engineering,

Cons

Horrible, unfair, review process NG uses "Matrix Management". That means you have a functional ("Homeroom") manager and a separate manager you're working for on a progrom. The person that controls your review (homeroom mgr) is not the same person that sees you work every day. It's a terrible, terrible, arrangement. It's 100% uphill to get a good review.

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Cons

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