Lockheed Martin reviews

The commuication between the management and the engineers is lacking. I have experienced many problems that have been exclusively due to poor communication. I suppose that this is a systemic problem in many companies of Lockheeds size, but there have been few attempts to remedy this problem.

The pay is low compared to others in the industry. There's no bonuses for anything and the only thing that matters is the number of years of experience you have. No one measures ability. There's too much middle management and most of them don't know what they are managing. The amount of bureaucracy is quite high. You are rarely asked what you want to do and never given options. Politicking is a necessary skill. Engineers are literally treated as numbers. The corporation is so huge, the left side doesn't know what the right side is doing. It's disheartening really. A lot of people seem to not care about the engineering and care more about climbing the ladder. There's not much innovation going on. With so many people, it seems the skill level is lower on average, though you will meet a few brilliant people as well. The corporate culture is not very upbeat, but it isn't so bad if you work with people who are more upbeat.