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4.1

83% would recommend to a friend

(14,505 total reviews)
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James D. Taiclet

81% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

Lockheed Martin has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 14,505 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 Aeroespacial y defensa industry (3.6 stars).

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15K reviews
1.0
Sep 20, 2017
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Pros

*We still get some pay for some overtime (for now), but they keep cutting that back every 6 months to 1 year *You get to live in Colorado

Cons

*Benefits (starting in 2018) are almost comparable to buying insurance individually. Until you spend $6k per person per year, it is like having NO INSURANCE AT ALL. Management is trying to spin this as a positive thing which is insulting to our intelligence *No educational opportunities *Demoralized workforce: our best and brightest are leaving in droves and once they are all gone, this is the beginning of the end *Raises are almost nonexistent *No more work/life balance - They've gotten rid of personal time, which allowed some flexibility. I could take off a few hours this week and make up for it next week or the week after. *Raises are based on what your objectives are, which are the same for everyone and written by someone who doesn't understand your role and that you can have zero effect on what they've laid out to evaluate you Ultimately, the US and tax payers suffer from Lockheed's continuous corner cutting. Their motto "we never forget who we're working for" seems to have been forgotten in order to increase their bottom line in the near term while jeopardizing it long term

5.0
Mar 30, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

-Excellent work life balance -Competitive pay -Great intern program -Great management -A lot of volunteer service opportunities -Wide variety of fun clubs and organizations to join -Rewarding job -Everyone gets 10 days off for Christmas break (paid) -Standing desks and large cubicles in renovated areas -Flexible work schedule where you can choose what time to come in/leave -Great benefits -On site clinic is amazing! -Gym is nice too -Free feminine products in all women's bathrooms on site. Always well stocked too! -You can have family and friends tour the site.

Cons

-Parking is tough. If you come in late you're walking a mile from parking spot to desk. If you drive out to lunch and come back you'll find yourself parking 2 miles from parking spot to desk. -9hr work days -Most buildings block cell phone service -Some buildings have old desks from decades ago -Large variety of food options in cafeteria but highly overpriced -Strict on certain policies -Gets boring when it's slow -No windows -No taking pictures whatsoever while on site. Very strict on this

4.0
Feb 27, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Flexible work schedule. As long as you are at location between 9am and 4pm, you can adjust when you show up and leave around that. Also you get every other Friday off, but you work 44 hours the 1st week (9 9 9 9 8) and 36 hours the 2nd week (9 9 9 9). Benefits are decent. Full health/dental/vision, 10 hours of vacation added per month. 50% matching for 401k up to 8%. Get plenty of company discounts in the area. They'll fully pay for your Masters as long as it's in a related field to what your position is, the program is accredited and you've been at the company for 1 year. For at least the team I am on, plenty of work to do, good managers, plenty of people to learn from, encouraged to branch out to other projects, or teams for "stretch" assignments. Relatively easy to move to different teams, departments and locations in the company. Just need to do a interview. Formal mentor system and plenty of leadership programs and seminars to help you grow/learn. Encouraged training hours and paid-for certifications.

Cons

Location security can both make you feel safer and paranoid. Cyber security policies as well. Everyone takes their 'level' too seriously. Meaning, a new employee is shunned, ignored, given little thought to when talking to or debating a Senior developer/manager/etc. Little transparency with management to employees. 'special rights and privileges' given to higher up managers, etc. They're behind the curve in both technology/skills used and workplace culture. They literally call their initiative to improve workplace culture: 'culture optimization'. Feels disingenuous, robotic and profit focused. Makes me think of when a company is trying to market to kids, you can tell they're trying hard to be 'youthful' when they're all too old. Same feeling with the manager is trying to figure out what their employees want. Additionally, they use a lot of older technology. I can only speak on the ASP.NET web development side. No teams use MVC, only WebForms. With C# application development, only WinForms is used. But some teams are trying to get into WPF. Confusing time-keeping system and budgeting between teams is a mess. Lastly, all of the cubicles are solid blue and ugly. Doesn't help me feel motivated :/

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