Lockheed Martin reviews

4.1

84% would recommend to a friend

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James D. Taiclet

83% approve of CEO

73% positive business outlook

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1.0
May 29, 2020
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Pros

Great Benefits, Most Colleague Engineers are very nice and smart people and easy to work with, flex schedule ,

Cons

This what I saw on the 2 legacies programs and a new one I worked on. Bad functional managers, toxic work culture set by older management riding the clock for the last 15 years. The environment is stuck back 20 years is really a sustainment place, silo programs , very compartmentalize and very few new programs and the new programs the main positions are given to internal people (favoritism) that don’t have the experience/skill set for such tasks which basically creates reaction management NO planning is bad (like me mentor used to say the blind leading the blind), never seen so much incompetence. Sustainment programs are set by tribal knowledge which are just people hoarding information and they keep riding the clock. There’s not much HW design that I saw they are an Integrator so the suppliers deliver the electronic boxes main things are cables, break out boxes basically what my technicians or interns in other companies do. There’s few Basic CCA designs and those jobs are given to the favorites. I like the people and the company however me and other people that came from other companies with lots of direct experience realize is a bad place since we won’t learn as much, will be pigeon hole , the culture and frustration from inept technical leads ( not all but most) drove us away. I just waited over a year to move on back to my previous company the short time I was there never really saw people smile or crack a joke which told me a lot.

4.0
May 29, 2020
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Pros

-Hours are flexible (besides the caveat of having to be at daily meetings that may or may not happen depending on how the management and/or customer feels that day). -I do like the fact that I broke 6 figures after working here for just two years. I like my pay a lot. -People here are easy to work and collaborate with (besides a smart aleck or two, but that's everywhere you work at). -My team's environment is very lax. Hardly anyone gets upset at anyone. -We get decent health benefits and a pretty snazzy 401k contribution. They have a percentage based contribution added on top of the blanket contribution that they give you, so it gives you a nice overall total. -They accommodated for the time that I had to use bereavement leave twice, so they definitely do care about work/life balance (unless if you have a pager). -They do reimbursements for Master's Degrees (variable amount depending on subject of interest for up to 3 years).

Cons

-Sometimes there's not much to do, then there's a lot to do or vice versa. Basically pacing could use some improvement. This problem existed before the Covid-19 epidemic and will likely exist as long as Lockheed Martin exists as a company. -The heads of corporate do feel like a separate entity from us, so there are instances where HQ's words from Colorado feel a bit hollow. -Moving up the corporate ladder feels really hard to do unless if you have at least a Master's Degree. If you only have a Bachelor's Degree, you'll likely stay at the same position for your career. -Growth doesn't feel like a priority at here. My conversations with several employees indicate that they were satisfied at staying at their current employment despite there not being much growth. There is an ELDP program and they do have partnerships with some colleges, but my co-workers indicated that these programs aren't as useful as using the reimbursement program to fund your own Master's Degree studies.

5.0
May 26, 2020
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Pros

I just Graduated from Pennsylvania State University in Material Science and Engineering. I learned about your company when I was doing research in two if my classes. I would like to be part if your team. Thank you

Cons

I do not know the challenges of working there. I will be prepared to do everything I have to do to complete task. Thanknyou

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