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Lockheed Martin Senior Electronics Engineer reviews

4.8

99% would recommend to a friend

(23 total reviews)
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James D. Taiclet

100% approve of CEO

99% positive business outlook

Electronics Engineer Senior employees have rated Lockheed Martin with 4.8 out of 5 stars, based on 23 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Electronics Engineer Senior professionals have an excellent working experience there. Lockheed Martin is rated 32% above average by Electronics Engineer Senior professionals compared to other employers within the Luft- & Raumfahrt, Verteidigung industry (3.6 stars).

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23 reviews
4.0
Sep 23, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Variety of products and opportunities. Work life balance is possible if desired. Many engineering tools and resources available.

Cons

Low morale and lack luster environment in many groups and offices. Management is not always intelligent. Excellence is not well rewarded or incentivized.

3.0
Jun 28, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

- Hours are really flexible. I know many people who rarely even show up to the office and simply work from home. - Management is almost clueless on what is good or bad. This, therefore very little work seems like plenty. This reinforces the ability to have a flexible schedule. - Work life balance, education support - $/Amount of work per week ratio is very high. Yes, companies like Apple and Google pay much higher wages, but the said ratio is much lower ( i.e. You work more for the same wage)

Cons

- No bonus for the everyday worker. Management and select few receive bonuses and stock, but if you don't kiss enough a s s then don't expect anything - Average age is 55-65. Almost everyone I know is retiring within the next 2-5 years. LM can only hire mediocre students because anyone who is worth anything will just work for Google or Apple. - If you're not within certain circles, good luck on advancing. To be within these circles, you must be old, white, or a woman, and use buzzwords like "operational excellence" and "cost savings". - management is very clueless. While it is a pro above, it is also a con since it is very difficult for management to bring in new and exciting work. Many more cons, but I'm sure I will be repeating what others have described in their reviews.

3.0
Jun 22, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Lots of opportunities to solve interesting technical problems. No real shortages of the tools necessary to do your job. Need a particular software package? The company has the license for it. If you need it and they don't have it, it generally just takes a simple request from your manager to get it for you. The company is gargantuan, so your experience varies wildly depending on your immediate coworkers and management. My personal experience has been positive overall, with some caveats. Salaries are competitive.

Cons

LM Healthworks is the worst insurance I have ever had. Here's a warning to any couple suffering from infertility: LM will cover 0% of infertility expenses. That's right, 0%. Even in Maryland, where the corporation has exploited a loophole in the state law requiring insurance companies to cover infertility expenses (there are only 4 Fortune 500 companies incorporated in Maryland, guess where LM is incorporated?) Ending pensions for senior employees within the next few years and converting them to 401(k)s is encouraging the most experienced and knowledgeable people to leave in droves. LM Aero's business unit policy about overtime makes no sense. They have a "five hour gate", meaning that the first 5 hours of OT you work is unpaid unless your boss can manage to get you onto an exemption list. And then management wonders why they can't get enough people to volunteer to work on weekends to cover flights. For the Aeronautics business unit: if you're not in Fort Worth, you might as well not exist. Your opportunities for advancement outside of Fort Worth are EXTREMELY limited. This has been one of the top complaints among the workforce for years, and despite all the "tiger teams" that management has created to "address employee concerns", nothing has changed. It's also normal for critical information to be siloed in Fort Worth and never communicated to the various test sites. They also have a nasty habit of sending you what they think you need, rather than what you actually requested. News flash, guys: I am the one working on the actual test airplane. You haven't seen this airplane since it left the factory. What makes you think you know its needs better than I do?

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