Lockheed Martin Reviews

I have been working at Lockheed Martin

Pros – Very ethical, diverse company. Lots of depth in some areas (i.e. key programmes / products). Well understood structure, plenty of room for movement.

Cons – Very deep hierarchy, can be at risk of being pigeon-holed and therefore remove ability to move between roles. Very process heavy.

Advice to Senior Management – Listen to employees, understand some subtle feedback and know when to accept advice from those who are your junior. Encourage alternative ways of doing things rather than 'it's this way or the highway'.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Lockheed Martin full-time for more than a year

Pros – Quite good wages and friday off every other week

Cons – Terrible disaster of a company, which Lockheed took over, big mistake for them, should have left it for dead. Still its not too late and probably will drop them like a stone when they fail big style on the contracts.
       The only people that are happy working there must be on pills, so i wouldnt listen to them! Most appalling place i ever worked in, dreadful politics, useless staff and megalomaniac management. Rampent culture of framing employees for senior staff failures by forcing them to write documents with content that would incriminate themselves in the event of failure. These failures would most certainly occur which is why the senior staff dont want their name on the documents.Those that spot this and refuse to play along are then bullied by management till they quit. Relevant HR arent based on site and do absolutely nothing if you complain.
      Almost 50% turnover of staff in just one year, sadly they will land in another company that is most likey the same.

Advice to Senior Management – Cant think of anything to put here that wouldnt result in my comment being removed from this site!

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at Lockheed Martin full-time for more than a year

Pros – Good pay and benefits. Very flexible if you have a family. Willing to let you work from home.

Cons – None that I can think of.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Lockheed Martin full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Training opportunities are great depending on your management.
Stability - depending on which department you're in.
Diverse opportunities for expanding or keeping your job.

Cons – You are replaceable, simply an asset to get the work done, so don't expect to be treated as a human with feeling and emotion. Behave as a machine to get the work done and you'll be okay if you do it well.
Management and Union cannot get along - both act like little children arguing in a playground.

Advice to Senior Management – None - they sincerely don't want to hear what they need to change and for sure don't want to listen to what it will honestly take to make a difference.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Lockheed Martin full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Benefits, matching 401(k), competitive salaries, good work/life balance

Cons – Corporate, minimal advancement opportunities, engrained culture geared toward working with government customer

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Lockheed Martin full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Great leadership and good pay. Pay for performance, so if you work hard your pay will go up quickly.

Cons – Large corporation that does have its fair share of politics. You do have to be aware of how the politics work and understand that sometimes politics will prevail and you have to learn from it and move on.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep up the good work

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Lockheed Martin full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – excellent pay, good benefits, educated colleagues

Cons – too much attention paid to diversity in the work place

Advice to Senior Management – manage

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Lockheed Martin full-time for more than a year

Pros – Excellent pay for good performance and many benefits including insurance, retirement savings matching, etc.
A challenging job environment and employee improvement structure designed to stretch your abilities.

Cons – Very regimented way of writing code for defense customers who are very picky about minor things. There are many problems with having a cash-strapped single customer for a product. Not the most enjoyable workplace environment (just a cube farm) with laptops given only to management positions (so they can work from their near-constant meetings).

Advice to Senior Management – Working with government customers to upgrade the work environment to one where workers have the option of working from their desk cube or a no-seat-assigned collaborative space would greatly increase both creativity and productivity.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Lockheed Martin

Pros – Cool type of work!!! Space, satellite and much more

Cons – not secure anymore, too big to establish your identity

Advice to Senior Management – too many management

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Lockheed Martin full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Very supportive of my goals, good salary, advancement opportunities

Cons – Sometimes takes a while to move up. You can become pigeon holed.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend