Lockheed Martin reviews about "manager"

Cost of living in Sunnyvale is high

- None So far just been enjoying the position

Old technologies on non-classified programs.

A managers first priority is to keep your salary low. Yearly increases are pitiful, in spite of excellent performance reviews. Their attitude is "there are 100 more people out there willing to do your job for less, so take it and shut it, or leave."

- Hawkish Middle and Upper Management and Heavy Corporate Atmosphere: Particularly be weary of the "Old Guard" these are your 60+ year old SWE Managers at this company. Many are out of touch with the new generation, and will put you under the table if you get in their way. There are some managers that only care about their pension and about those that do favors for them. - Questionable Ethics (please see above) despite the annual survey results that say otherwise. - Lethargic on-boarding process due to goverment restrictions: This is universal throughout the corporation and the defense industry, and gets in the way of the AGILE process. However, team-members try to mitigate it by supporting each other. - Contract switching: If you are new developer, or even experienced you are at some risk to become "loaned-out" to another team that may work in another completely different programming language or stack that you were hired for. They will try not to mention this during the interview, but it all depends on how big of a budget the manager has at the moment they hired you.

Awful management. Managers don't care about anything but the project, don't know how to manage effectively, and don't communicate well. Unrealistic expectations and subtle threats to your career advancement. No reasonable logic or flexibility for employee circumstances. HR policies are purposely vague to benefit management. There is zero mentorship even though there is mentorship structure. Very little upward mobility. Pay to start out is decent, but your wage does not scale at all with your experience. In a few years you'll find you are massively underpaid compared to industry standards. The company and employees all echo that it is so easy to move around within, but that is a complete lie. Some of the culture is painfully old-school. It varies by team. This is a typical giant corporation that takes advantage of new engineers for cheap labor and refuses to promote. There is not much diversity, and instances of harassment are swept under the rug. The physical work environment is outdated. The secure facility stinks of mold, simultaneously dim and lit flourescently, has mouse traps in hallways. Cubicle farms have crap chairs and you can hear multiple conversations at all times. IT has given me laptops with bulging batteries and non-functional ports, 20-year old keyboards covered in dust and grime, flickering monitors, broken phones.

The higher ups are still stuck in the mindset of getting people onsite more than needed.

Company isn't as cut and streamlined and they would have you think