Lockheed Martin reviews about "manager"

Corporate is difficult at best to work with. Those employees of the corporate office seem to think that they are in charge of everything and everyone, just because you work for a business area.

Internal processes especially export controls are very rigorous but at times they are too onerous and too long to process which delays the delivery of spare parts.

Risk of economic downturn and cutbacks if contracts not awarded

The only place I could imagine being more bureaucratic is the government.

The medical benefits could be a little better. Managers need to be able to more easily drop dead weight when needed.

Communication could be a challenge as the program was managed across different locations and had several components that needed to be centralized. Talented managers were let go in order to come in at or better than the cost that was budgeted.

Performance review and raises are standardized corporate wide through out all the divisions. This sort of sets a max 6% raise per year unless your manager can get corporate to sign off on higher raises (which is very difficult). Therefore, if you took a pay cut or took a lower salary just to get in the door you will have a hard time getting proper compensation through hard work alone. They will only give you raises outside the once a year review if you provide HR with another off from another company

Where to start... - There were literal rats in our workspace, and the only thing the corporation would be willing to do would put down mouse traps and then remove the dead bodies hours after we called to complain about them. The rats could also be heard in the walls/ceiling of the restroom, and a dead rat was very visible in an access panel in the restroom. - There was also a fly problem in the workspace when a pipe leaked brown liquid in the ceiling. - It depended on your area, but I would venture to say the majority of the "plant" building (that is, the main building in Ft. Worth) had not been updated since the 70's and would best be described as "dank". Even the less dank areas are still windowless concrete bunkers. - I had 8 different managers in 5 years. The last two were not even cleared to the classified area in which I worked, so they had no idea what I even worked on (and, as such, had no loyalty). - Will not pay nearly what the position is worth, relying on the "stability" and work/life balance to make up the difference. - Old computers. For a company that wants to appear like it's on the bleeding edge of technology, they were permanently at least a few years behind in machine capability, operating system, and application version (Visual Studio 10 instead of 15). - It's very, very, very corporate. You have to watch your tongue, lest you say or do something deemed inappropriate, and you have to watch your back, lets a corporate ladder-climber use you as target practice.