Working at Northrop Grumman in McLean, VA: 12 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in McLean, VA Area

"Northrop Grumman is a great company. I felt welcomed there as an intern and was able to do my work with out somebody watching over me constantly. The environment was spectacular and very conducive to getting things done. The people on my team were very friendly and helpful when I had questions or needed anything."

"Good company, good benefits, good work environment and other employee engagement programs."

"Northrop Grumman deals mostly with Federal and Department of Defense contracts. Your employment lasts to the the end of the contract. When the contracts ends, if you are unable join a different contract with 2 weeks, you are laid off. Just a fact of life in the contracting world. Other than that, Northrop is pretty much like and other large corporation. However, the pluses outweigh the negatives. I would recommend Northrop as an employer."

"Outstanding company. Great work to be done. Amazing engineering technology. Very responsive upper echelon of management, and very responsive team environment."

"My work for Northrop Grumman as an AS3 Ipad Multimedia Developer was done on site at the customer location than it was within Northrop Grumman. All my work experience, freedom to accomplish tasks, and co-workers have been within the clients' secure location. As for working with actual NG employees, I have mostly worked with one other on a very light basis as he did web development while I did app development."

"The daily work environment is best for an experienced and trained investigator."

What do you like about working at Northrop Grumman?

"The ability to telecommute and manage my own work day to accomplish any investigative requirements. Sufficient resources to respond to incident and employee investigations."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"There are so many professional opportunities available within NGC that many employees might find a large amount of flexibility in career progress."

What don't you like about working at Northrop Grumman?

"Lack of visibility when one does not work in the same location as management. Highly frequent organizational changes including change of primary manager personnel on almost an annual basis."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Leverage the knowledge and expertise in senior personnel regardless of their physical location."

"Challenging and always changing."

What do you like about working at Northrop Grumman?

"Atmosphere, flexibility, and opportunity afforded to employees and training opportunities."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"As with any company, explore the current contracts and opportunities."

What don't you like about working at Northrop Grumman?

"Compensation is bound by HR; difficult to reward when necessary."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I am part of the management, but to reward employees."

What do you like about working at Northrop Grumman?

"Not the company, but the program. All individuals are not the same."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"All programs are different. Just get familiar with the program and the project that you are applying for."

What don't you like about working at Northrop Grumman?

"Not much about the company. The company is so big to get everything clear."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"More integrated within the company. Pay more attention to employee."

"I enjoy my current job, but it is just too far of a cummute."

What do you like about working at Northrop Grumman?

"The people that I work with and the benefits."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Make sure you keep up with the latest technology."

What don't you like about working at Northrop Grumman?

"The commute that I currently drive is only going to get worse once they relocate my current contract."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"We could probably use a few more analysts."

"This is a great company to work for."

What do you like about working at Northrop Grumman?

"Good benefits and easy going people."

"Great place to work."

"Work for this company only if you NEED MONEY, and look for new opportunity."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management of Northrop needs to understand the real meaning of DIVERSITY. Management in Northrop have no sense of tolerances of responsibilities. They do personal favors depending on WHO KNOWS WHO. Bad, too bad. Openly insulting individual's education, experiences, as well as their skill sets. Pushes their employees, set up their employees for failures - very questionable employment practices. Liars, cheaters and professional emotional abusers."