Is Lockheed Martin a good company to work for as a Senior Staff Systems Engineer?

Senior Staff Systems Engineer professionals working at Lockheed Martin have rated their employer with 4.1 out of 5 stars in 51 Glassdoor reviews. This is an average score with the overall rating of Lockheed Martin employees being 4.1 out of 5 stars. Search open Senior Staff Systems Engineer Jobs at Lockheed Martin now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Senior Staff Systems Engineer interview questions at Lockheed Martin .

Does Lockheed Martin pay Senior Staff Systems Engineer employees well?

Senior Staff Systems Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Lockheed Martin with 4.1 out of 5 stars based on 51 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 5% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Senior Staff Systems Engineer salaries and benefits at Lockheed Martin .

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What are the pros of working at Lockheed Martin according to real employee reviews?

"Good Benefits and a full catalog of potential tech careers can be had working for them." ((in 1593 reviews)); "Good pay; and you get to work around some amazing machinery that will fight wars and save lives." ((in 1116 reviews)); "Great work life balance while feeling satisfied and fulfilled by the work I am performing." ((in 1010 reviews)); "People are fair to work with a few bad apples but other than that most people are great." ((in 919 reviews)); "Very flexible and the culture is great." ((in 333 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Lockheed Martin according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management and hard to get things accomplished" ((in 596 reviews)); "Some managers have absolutely zero clue how anything actually gets done and are poor leaders."" ((in 290 reviews)); "Senior leadership had a very difficult time articulating that overall strategy and direction for the division." ((in 153 reviews)); "Literal no training and you are told to train yourself in outside programs you have to pay for." ((in 134 reviews)); "The upper management is horrible" ((in 133 reviews))

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Lockheed Martin Senior Staff Systems Engineer reviews

4.1

99% would recommend to a friend

(51 total reviews)

James D. Taiclet

100% approve of CEO

25% positive business outlook

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4.6

Career opportunities

4.5

Culture & values

4.4

Work/Life balance

4.2

Diversity & inclusion

4.1

Compensation and benefits

3.1

Senior management

Systems Engineer, Senior Staff employees have rated Lockheed Martin with 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 51 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Systems Engineer, Senior Staff professionals have an excellent working experience there. Lockheed Martin is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Systems Engineer, Senior Staff professionals compared to other employers within the Luft- & Raumfahrt, Verteidigung industry (3.6 stars).

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51 reviews

4.0

May 13, 2014

Plenty of growth in a professional environment

Systems engineer senior staff

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great training to hone professional skills is available in very challenging roles and programs. Strong company values. Many great mentors. Many career paths available.

Cons

Typical corporate workplace issues such as heavy overhead, many managers, heavy process. Can be high stress.

4.0

Apr 12, 2014

Good with just a few rough patches.

Systems engineer, senior staff

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Reasonably well run company. Variety of work. Great colleagues. Interesting projects. Lots of training and educational support. Pay and benefits better than industry standards.

Cons

Still kind of an old boy's network. Uneven advancement. Placement of employees exposed by project contractions is poor. Highly expert specialists are considered a burden to programs.

4.0

Nov 24, 2013

Building the future

Senior staff systems engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Biggest, best defense contractor in the USA. Large-scale Science-fiction to reality conversion in progress daily. Challenging, interesting work abounds here at all divisions. Pay is top notch. Benefits are very good.

Cons

Company dynamic results in frequent relocation of workforce. 45 hour workweek is now standard per company documents.

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