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Lockheed Martin Staff Software Developer 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

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

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106 reviews
1.0
Feb 21, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

This company is good for young engineers recently out of college, as long you get on a project with modern technologies (otherwise, you really are wasting your time/skills). They pay well in the beginning, but one you reach level 3, get out. Management at this company thinks nothing of abusing technical staff to work 60+ hours a week to meet contract deadlines that should never have been agreed to. And once you reach level 4, your peers in the non-military/government world will be making much more than you.

Cons

Very political. Senior technical people got to their positions not because of actual technical skills, but because of politics. A couple that I know run enterprise level Java SOA projects, and they've never written a line of Java code before! A huge wave of older senior managers (who were good) level the company within the last 5 years, and their replacements (VPs and directors) were promoted too far too fast, and are doing a god-awful job. Market share continues to plummet, being lost to smaller more agile companies. And LM has been losing an alarming number of ECP/follow-on contracts, largely due to delivery very low quality products.

3.0
Feb 14, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Diverse portfolio offers many opportunities. A mixture of experiences in the workforce.

Cons

If you're not at one of the big sites, you run the risk of being overlooked. Company has moved towards a market-result focus, often leading to hasty business decisions that bypass small opportunities; gamble big vs gamble small.

4.0
Jan 1, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Upward mobility, being to change assignments easily and the opportunity to travel

Cons

You may have to push your own self to learn new technology that may be used outside of the company because they also use a lot of tools they developed themselves

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