Lockheed Martin reviews about "training"

terribly slow promotion process lackluster pay

It is hard to get anything done in a timely manner due to bureaucracy and the daunting number of process controls in place. The workload can be incredibly high at times. Very understaffed due to retirements and cost saving initiatives. New hires are thrown into critical roles with no real on the job training which sets them up for complete failure. Everyone in manufacturing is constantly being pushed to meet schedule need dates and eventually this burns employees out to the point where they leave or just stop caring. Management is a rotating cast of characters . People are constantly leaving for other better positions in the company. Ladder climbing is a real thing. It is hard to be friends with co-workers or technicians because of the constant push to get things done - everyone is stressed. Technicians commute in from far away and arrive at 4 am to avoid traffic. Support staff does not arrive until 6-7 am. That is where the resentment begins. Technicians on the whole are not friendly and sometimes openly hostile towards MEs in particular. Work life balance can be put in jeopardy if you are in a position where you are on the line to deliver something. Be ready to work 50-60+ hours regularly if you care about your work reputation and getting things done. Sink or swim is the name of the game at LM Space MMC in Sunnyvale.

Promotion cycles are not regular. Direct management’s hands are tied to promote hardworking engineers. Not clear accountability from leadership.

Not at fort Irwin. this site has consistently been a let down.

I have not experienced any real “cons” while working here.

Not as many remote opportunities as I would like to see.

It is difficult to promote on your own team, will have to go to and apply to another team in order to get promoted.

Can get very technical with engineering and government DOD

Need to watch your currency in your degree specialty. Many jobs are much more systems level, and any tech edge you might have going in may be lost after a few years in that sort of job. Work/life balance is not a priority, even in long-term "push" activities. Push can follow push, ad infinitum. Review (and therefore lay-off list) ratings are REQUIRED to be distributed across program and down to team level, regardless of actual team (or individual) performance. Even high performing teams must have a (or more depending on teams size) "basic contributor", even though that person might be much better than a high performer on another team. Higher level jobs require changing jobs - you have to leave your team in order to be promoted. Entry level management tasks (at Aeronautics Fort Worth) do not align with corporate training for those managers. For example, corporate work load at Manager level says 20 hours tasks, 20 hours people. Actual is more like 40+ tasks, and then deal with your employees.