Lockheed Martin reviews about "training"

LM is large, bureaucratic, slow moving, and political. The industry relies heavily on government funding and many areas of the business have had to contend with shrinking budgets. While the company itself is stable (stock price is at an all-time high) individual programs are not. Jobs end when contracts do. The company has frequent re-orgs which is a regular source of disruption. LM likes to tout "one company, one team" but there are some inconsistencies across the different business areas and they are constantly in competition with one another. The performance appraisal system is very flawed. Employees set their own individual commitments and are then ranked and placed into a forced distribution. (This method should only be applied if everyone is being rated against the same set of commitments.) The "good ol boys" network still exists at LM and management will take care of their buddies over top performers. The company advertises Full Spectrum Leadership (Shape the Future, Build Effective Relationships, Energize the Team, Deliver Results, and Model Personal Excellence, Integrity & Accountability) yet there are so many leaders who do not embody the FSL characteristics and they get rewarded for it! It's appalling.

The people I worked with were great, overall. There were a few strong personalities, as usual. There was often frustration with processes that slowed us down, or seemed futile.

very political in terms of which staff get opportunities for training and promotion

Get a lot of unmotivated people ridding it out Can be demanding travel and hours Lots and lots of management levels

Work life balance is non existent. Have been working 10+ hours a day for close to 3 years now and have been under threat of layoff for all of them. Have tons of vacation that I can't use and keep on losing. Difficult to transfer between jobs. There is no training budget.

Horrific government like work culture. Very hierarchal management structure. Mired in process red tape and inefficiency. Seems like the company is obsessed with CYA messages and training. Seems like we have days at work that mirror "Office Space".

Some diversions are run like the good old boy networks of the past.

The pay was lacking and hours were very long. I worked at the Aeronautics division in Ft. Worth which is a union shop. To say the hourly workers were unmotivated to do anything would be an understatement. Ultimately, that is what drove me away. Being excited to try new ideas and techniques that went to the shop floor and died because no one had any motivation to change because 'ive done this for 20 year, i know what im doing'

- very minimal training available for new hires - existing documentation and processes can be confusing to new hires - lack of stability