Unethical, Incompetent, and Wasteful of Tax Payers' Money
Pros
Over a year after a verbal interview agreement, they let me telecommute a couple days a week.
Cons
During my tenure I was subjected to pressure, including from the highest level of program management, to do things regarding hiring practices that were unethical, possibly illegal, and in one case would have resulted in a client contract violation. Management's actions were clearly against everything that Lockheed Martin purports to stand for. When I stood up to the pressure I became persona non grata. When I contacted their "Ethics" organization I was immediately dismissed and sent back to my program HR, which had failed to support me in the first place. The program manager who had tried, through my direct boss to pressure me into hiring a friend of his who was not the best qualified for the position and would have cost the program thousands of unnecessary dollars to accommodate, flat out lied to me about the fact that he had a personal stake and relationship with the unqualified person I refused to hire. He also felt it necessary to suggest that somehow I had used poor business judgment by not making the hire, even in spite of the fact that I hired someone better qualified and there were no problems or lack of performance. Above and beyond that, the program had a revolving door of incompetent managers at the highest level as well as those to whom I directly reported. There were a number of instances where PII and SSI were not handled properly, so much so that it resulted in the withholding of award fees from the client. Program management's incompetence and lack of basic client relationship communications and management talent resulted in multiple instances where money--ultimately tax payer money--was wasted and spent needlessly. There appeared to be no consideration or acknowledgment of this. Related to wasting tax payer dollars, the amount of money paid to subcontractors was practically criminal. Again, this is money that goes from our pockets to the Federal government, to government agencies, to contractors and their subcontractors. It was a generally poor morale and a toxic environment. There was a complete disregard for honest discussion of problems that had a direct negative and performance-impeding effect on my job. All they seemed to care about was covering up for mistakes, including lying to the client, disingenuous talk to the staff, and favoring and promoting those who toed the Lockheed Martin company line.
