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4.1

83% would recommend to a friend

(14,503 total reviews)
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James D. Taiclet

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72% positive business outlook

Lockheed Martin has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 14,503 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Lockheed Martin employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Luft- & Raumfahrt, Verteidigung industry (3.6 stars).

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15K reviews
2.0
Jun 18, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Good compensation out of college large company with space to change jobs smart coworkers

Cons

This has been one of the most uninspiring work experiences I have ever had. Onboarding is horrible, you will feel lost for months at a time almost guaranteed. Management is not very people oriented, most are senior engineers who happened to stay at the company a while but have little experience in modern management practices. Poor communication from middle management. There are are close to zero work from home opportunities for those who do 'cleared' work. Facilities, building, bathrooms, cafeteria are all very outdated and are very reminiscent of the inner city schools I went to two decades ago. Windows are not allowed by design in the office spaces and cell phones and most electronics are banned. Time tracking means you are responsible for being accountable for every minute you are in the office. Think of this as built in micromanagement and constant threats of time theft. Think of the exact opposite of Google or Facebook. There is no system or culture of mentorship or on the job learning. Many more experienced engineers do not want to take the time to help you out or share their knowledge. Some prefer to keep precious expertise to themselves by design. Any 'extracurricular' learning you may want to do or is offered at work will be required to be made up in time after hours or on the weekends - minute for minute. Days can be long, slow, and teamwork close to nil. I sometimes go several days at a time without speaking to anyone physically and I am VERY social normally. You can spend months at a time waiting for processes or technical help. You will feel your soul draining and life leave your soul trying to get a meaningful day of work done as a regular engineer. We are really just cogs in the machine and are treated as such. If you come from a background of military or police worship and keep Trump sticks on your car, you will probably fair better here.

3.0
Jul 22, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

- consistent work schedule, every other friday is off (because 9 hour work days). Ample vacation time given and freedom to use it practically whenever you want, with very little notice required. - salary that's basically guaranteed to increase the longer you stay, practically irrespective of performance - very few managers that expect more from you than what everyone around you is willing to give in terms of effort

Cons

- LM perpetuates a culture where an employee is encouraged to create/"own" one specific, very nice part of the pipeline, and then sit on that and guard work on it jealously for 35+ years until they retire. If you do not find your hill to die on within your first year at Lockheed, i.e. before you get your security and program clearance, you will likely leave within the next year. - progress moves at a pace that would generously be described as glacial. Writing a simple in-house tool in python requires getting that version of python approved by the government, which will take 6+ months. - software engineers are put in the basement, with "break rooms" that are a counter, a microwave, trashcans and a fridge that is never cleaned. No sinks. The water "fountain" tastes disgusting and there are rumors that the water is radiated as it comes from the nearby lake, where nuclear power was tested in the 80s. Good reason to make use of the awesome health benefits. The area you move to once you have security clearance is known to have an extreme rat problem. - LM overhires because it knows that about half of the new hires will leave within a year, and there is little to no work given to anyone without security clearance. But the government requires that everyone who is paid on their contracts with LM be working the whole time, so you are expected to look VERY busy at all times, but do nothing. People who are cleared (have security clearance) and stressed from overwork sitting next to you will rat you out to management if they suspect you don't look busy enough.

1.0
Apr 23, 2019

Retirement Home

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Easy money you pretty much can't get fired

Cons

If you're young and want to get stuff done or learn, go anywhere else

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