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Lockheed Martin Staff Software Engineer reviews

4.0

84% would recommend to a friend

(106 total reviews)
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James D. Taiclet

81% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Software Engineer, Staff employees have rated Lockheed Martin with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 106 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer, Staff professionals have a good working experience there. Lockheed Martin is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer, Staff professionals compared to other employers within the Luft- & Raumfahrt, Verteidigung industry (3.6 stars).

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106 reviews
3.0
Jun 14, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

The mission. If you want to support the government or other agencies, it can be cool. The company is huge and there are many different locations. You can find just about anything you want to do within the company and there are opportunities to move from site to site. Bob Stevens has leadership fully in mind. They have a great leadership model for leaders to adapt, if they are able and willing.

Cons

There is a minimal training budget and it's VERY difficult to get any classes. They offer things like after hours courses taught by other employees, but it's all on your own time. It's hard to get the $$, let alone charging time to complete training or certifications, even those directly applicable to your job that would really help the company. Awards budgets are super low and whenever they feel a pinch, the first thing to go is any sort of employee morale money. Which means no holiday parties, no book budget, no employee morale events. It's such a big company that you can get lost at times and even though it's "one company, one team" each site and business unit is completely different.

4.0
Mar 7, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You can find very interesting work if you have a clearance and find a good program to work. Flex time is exceptional... people can usually define their work schedule as they see fit, and managers generally don't have a problem even with oddball schedules. You can come in at 6 AM one day, and 11 AM the next, and most won't blink an eye as long as you let people who depend on your work know a day or two in advance. Pay is competitive, although don't count on ever seeing a bonus unless you're in senior program management. Tuition reimbursement is excellent, although PhD programs are generally not covered.

Cons

Career advancement is difficult. In-line promotions (getting promoted while working the same program/contract) is rarely accomplished. Most of the time, one has to move to a different program/contract to be able to negotiate a promotion. Additionally, because of the nature of government contracting, one can find themself without work very quickly if the program funding gets cut or delayed. You will likely be able to stay employed for awhile, but if too many programs get cut and too many people don't have work, you risk getting laid off. Sometimes you have to stick around on a stable, but less interesting program/contract in order to get through tougher times. Only one health plan to choose from, although that seems to be happening at other companies these days as well.

3.0
Jan 8, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Work-life balance - Tuition Reimbursement - Breadth of opportunity to work on diverse projects - Challenging project opportunities - Ability to change projects, lateral career moves

Cons

- Poor performing employees are abundant and often not disciplined; most likely a result of complicated HR procedures for discipline all focused on covering the company's legal interests instead of "doing what's right"; coincidentally a "core value". - Not a lot of training opportunities and/or untimely and unrelated to job duties - Pay not commensurate with performance - Complex system to determine pay, promotions are hard to come by and tied more to years of service - Lower levels are easier to get promoted up. Upper levels become slow and far between. Bands are crowded higher up leading to "crowding"; making promotions few and far between. - New benefits package spun as "better", but more out-of-pocket compared to old plans.

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