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Lockheed Martin Technical Writer reviews

4.1

87% would recommend to a friend

(14 total reviews)
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James D. Taiclet

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99% positive business outlook

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14 reviews
4.0
Sep 4, 2019

Decent for family life

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Pros

9/80 schedule offers flexibility and every other Friday off. Management usually has your back. Wide array of benefits such as HSA, college discounts for family members, 401k,

Cons

Constantly outsourcing jobs to subcontractors instead of hiring actual staff. Got rid of pensions and therefore any incentive to stay at the company and not chase the dollar. All these other reviews about no promotions unless you change jobs is 1000% correct. Always shorthanded and an evident refusal to hire enough employees to get the job done on schedule without OT. For non hourly jobs, OT is straight time, not time and a half, and there is a 5 hour gate, so from hours 40.1-45 you earn 0 dollars. Hourly employees get time and a half for anything over 40. Some managers have absolutely zero clue how anything actually gets done and are poor leaders. Low pay - I rejected their first offer and got them to come up about 8k, then within my first year I got a market adjustment raise because it was still too low.

3.0
Aug 12, 2016
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Pros

Employees are well taken care of in terms of benefits and salary can be fairly good if you press for a higher starting salary. The job is very stable,. One could stay there until retirement very easily.

Cons

Employees are slow to move up in pay grade. The job is very demanding, often requiring 12+ hour work days. Technical writers seldom have what they need to perform their jobs efficiently or correctly.

3.0
Nov 16, 2015
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Pros

Like the stability of Lockheed Martin. I like the variety in my job. Good overall working teams - a lot of transparency between work groups. The values in this company are very good.

Cons

Can be a little inflexible with work/life balance.

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