Lockheed Martin reviews

- Crippling bureaucracy - Poor incentives. Pay was significantly below market for the area; you were generally expected to leave for a competitor if you wanted to make more money. This relates to the next bullet: - Good engineers generally left after a short period of time (< 2 years), either for more money, more interesting/fulfilling work, or just to avoid the stifling atmosphere of pointy-haired bosses. This constant attrition of actual good talent left behind a husk of barely competent mouth-breathers that one has to deal with on a day-to-day basis.

-Considering the benefits noted above, these are required to make up for a hierarchical and hostile work environment. Every action is layered with process, policy, and bureaucracy. Management is gross inept at addressing employee needs, fostering a positive work environment, or encouraging employees to innovate. Employees are encouraged to follow policy and never question upper management. The culure closely reflects the military customers they serve. -Hourly culture pervades, where employees tend to "clock out" at the end of a work day, not willing to do anything extra unless they are being paid for it. -Average employee is below average in terms of engagement with their work and effectiveness -Much time is wasted on trivial exercises/ fire drills because an executive asked to see more granularity. No one is willing to push back on these requests in favor of best utilizing