Lockheed Martin reviews

4.1

84% would recommend to a friend

(14,564 total reviews)
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James D. Taiclet

83% approve of CEO

73% positive business outlook

Lockheed Martin has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 14,564 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Lockheed Martin employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Aerospace & Defense industry (3.6 stars).

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2.0
Sep 12, 2025

No Longer an Engineering Company

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Pros

Established Company, benefits, work life balance

Cons

Too much toxic management, good ole boy club, no cool new projects happening, PM's run every decision

3.0
Sep 2, 2025

It’s…fine

Recommend
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Pros

- Good foot in the door if you’re really into space and defense and all that; not much for anything else - coworkers are generally good. Some programs may seem like a pre-retirement home with archaic tools and processes but others are not - relatively good 401K contribution. They match the first 8% of your contribution - best compensation out of all the other big defense companies by far (which says something about how terrible the other companies are) - if the program goes under they try their best to keep you there even if it means putting you on a program that’s less than ideal

Cons

- Low pay: Lower than median pay for Software Engineer. The excuse here is that the contracts are pre-negotiated and Lockheed “doesn’t work like other regular companies”. Please. - Low bonuses: 4% bonus is considered rare and only for the truly exceptional lmao - OK benefits: this depends on the area but generally the benefits are blah - Programs often go under and the process is chaotic - Oh and they completely got rid of their DEI initiatives like cowards

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