Lockheed Martin reviews about "manager"

Most IT managers where I work are not up to par. They are managers grown within the LM system and offer no innovation or guidance. They are merely there to do performance reviews and approve change requests. They believe you don't need to be technical to lead technical people. To that I say you may as well have 0 technology knowledge and hire my Mom or Dad who have led way more people than these managers have led.

Your experience depends solely on your team and management. Yearly merit raises/bonuses are based on how much you brown nose your manager. Lockheed Martin still uses the outdated stack ranking system to determine your raise/bonus (see the numerous articles talking about how companies have eliminated it). It is beneficial for you to not help your teammates to advance so you can look better compared to them in order to get a good raise/bonus. If you are a new hire, be sure to talk to your manager about the stock option bonus for staying with the company for a certain amount of years. If you are fortunate enough to receive this, your manager will tell you to keep it a secret.

-Some programs (like mine) were known to be dud programs, where nothing was really happening and everything was behind schedule. It was not stressful as an intern, but definitely took a toll on my manager. -Some bureaucracy, but nothing out of the norm for government contractors. -Really rude and definite favoritism with section manager. My direct manager was awesome, though. -Company culture seems to be very much of people keeping their heads down and not really caring for other employees unless directly connected (i.e. same project team). For this reason, I'm going back to Northrop Grumman.

First line supervisors and managers have very few options for enforcing discipline. My experience is strictly with Sikorsky Aircraft, I have not seen other Lockheed Martin divisions.