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Lockheed Martin Software Engineer reviews

4.0

84% would recommend to a friend

(862 total reviews)
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James D. Taiclet

87% approve of CEO

73% positive business outlook

Software Engineer employees have rated Lockheed Martin with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 862 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Lockheed Martin is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Luft- & Raumfahrt, Verteidigung industry (3.6 stars).

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862 reviews
2.0
Feb 19, 2018

Trouble in paradise

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Pros

9\80 work schedule (every other Friday off) is great. Pay is slightly above market. Relatively relaxed work atmosphere. Great engineering problems when you can get to those projects, sometimes boring work if you can't.

Cons

As of 2018: Benefits are horrible. Regardless of the amount you are offered you should probably look elsewhere due to health benefits. They gone to a high deductible plan, and the company that is managing it has no clue how to correctly facilitate health benefits so that if 100 employees ask the same question of their provider they are given the same "Correct" answer. The answer given seems to change depending on how much the provider is trying to save on costs. This was a big mistake on Lockheed's part, wait until they fix their benefits package before stepping onboard. Lockheed is stuck in the 80's, and it is painful. Entrenched older engineers refuse to come into the 21st century. The company is aware of the issue and is trying to fix it, but the old guys either won't retire or let the next generation of experts step up to the plate.

1.0
Jan 30, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Every other Friday off because of a 9/80 schedule. Flexible hours depending on your manager. Security is taken very seriously.

Cons

Parking is awful, if you get to work after 8:00 you’ll have to walk a mile to get to your work area. Pay is high for the area and according to Lockheed “adequate,” but you can make significantly more elsewhere. Facility is really depressing without any type of natural light or windows. Younger software engineers will have a tough time, most of the decisions made on teams come from 20+ years of experience employees with functional programming and poor software design. Lack of younger engineers makes it hard to enjoy being at work. Everything is tied to charging a contract, if there is an event for learning that would be beneficial to you as an employee, you will be forced to do it on your own time and not on company time. Work is not technical enough to keep most young engineers, as my work has become a simple “copy and paste” job without any need of computer science fundamentals.

3.0
Jan 24, 2018

Software Engineer

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Pros

Off every other Friday, ability to work from home part of the week, occasional business travel, multi-year vacation accrual (up to set limit)

Cons

Low salary for a software engineer job and hard to negotiate raises/benefits, a lot of unnecessary bureaucracy and policies that come with being an employee of a large company, non-flexible hours (even when telecommuting)

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