Lockheed Martin reviews

It's a behemoth of a company that is old and set in its ways. Upper management and leaders of the company only care that its image is good enough to make it onto marketing materials or for a corporate interview about how they care about veterans, the disabled, or the environment; most of the day-to-day runnings of the departments are by lower-to-middle management and they are often incompetent, small-minded, and corrupt. Most do not care about their staff; they only care about looking good in the Stay-Green Meetings (whether a project is on track), and upper management doesn't care about how the manager got those numbers, as long as they're in the green. This is a company that will not fire a manager for sexual harassment or staff complaints or other egregious actions but will reassign him or her instead. In some segments of industry they say they are cutting edge but in fact are mired in outdated thoughts and processes.

High management to employee ratio on smaller teams. Leads tend to be hard to get a hold of and sometimes you have as many leads as employees. They system of management sets work up so that teams are intentionally kept apart and that management is the only proper means of communication. My belief is that this setup is designed for their larger projects which are over 60% of their contracts but they try to apply the same design across the board. However, it just causes chaos on small teams and breaks down communication when partner teams (electrical, systems, software, I&T) can't work together directly. Maybe this works better on larger projects like their F-16 contract which I believe is 50% of their revenue (public data). Skill doesn't necessarily bring about leadership. Many times people are asked to apply online if they want to move up to a higher position instead of just being given promotions based. When problems occur, whether corrective action is taken is dependent on who's in your chain of command and who the complaint is about. Many times double standards are held if the issue occurs with a lead even if documentation can be provided. Common consensus seems to be LM is just a big company, its just what happens and you accept it. (Many LM employees have also only ever worked at LM)