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Lockheed Martin Software Engineer reviews

4.0

84% would recommend to a friend

(859 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 859 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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859 reviews
4.0
Mar 6, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

very very smart, interesting people ethical environment, do what's right attitude low stress, flexible environment engaging work, rocket science, robots, space, etc good management

Cons

no career opportunities. no career path experience very much depends on your business unit / manager pay is average to low lots of layoffs as of late (30K people?)

3.0
Mar 3, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Large Company. Decent benefits. East Orlando traffic is very reasonable. Very flexible with work time. Good work/life balance. Large company makes finding other opportunities better, though that is subject to your supervisors' approval.

Cons

Abysmal growth opportunity. It's easy to get comfortable at your position and let your career stagnate for decades to come. Forced rankings. Too much bureaucracy. Very hierarchy-based, discussion is encouraged, but good luck on making real meaningful changes to existing infrastructure/processes. Managers tend to make a lot of decisions with no real engineering basis at all. Your direct managers are generally pretty good, but higher level management can be a real tough nut to crack. Finally, in the last 7 years, there have been layoffs every single year throughout the company, so if you're looking for stability, this is not where you'd want to go, especially considering Congress is so polarized these days.

4.0
Mar 2, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- knowledgeable technical staff - ability to telecommute - flexible hours

Cons

- very minimal training available for new hires - existing documentation and processes can be confusing to new hires - lack of stability

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