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4.1

83% would recommend to a friend

(14,521 total reviews)
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James D. Taiclet

82% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

Lockheed Martin has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 14,521 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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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.

1.0
May 11, 2020
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Pros

The best part about working at Lockheed is the work itself. It is challenging and just plain cool. The people are great, and there is genuinely a team mentality on the projects you will be on. The 4/10's which give way to 3 day weekends every weekend is a plus.

Cons

Human Resources and upper management don't really care about their employees. They talk/email a good game, but when it comes to delivering on their words with actions, they don't. Corporate profits and upper management bonuses are consistently put ahead of employee pay (about 25% below market) and safety. If you need Human Resources for anything, forget about it. You are better off talking to the wall; as you will get more relevant feedback from the wall.

1.0
Feb 10, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Great people to work with Unionized

Cons

Oh boy... Insurance deductibles that start off at 5% of your annual gross salary Extremely low wages compared to the rest of the industry Management has a very "shoot first, ask questions later" attitude about discipline Shift to shift dynamics are toxic at best and completely dysfunctional at worst We don't get Veteran's Day off despite all our work going towards "bringing the warfighter home" They won't even give us refrigerators in the break rooms to keep our food fresh Mold in the ceiling tiles Non-remediated lead dust and fumes Dangerous chemicals Roaches in the break rooms and bathrooms Little to no room to move up within the company, most management and engineering is hired from outside sources The company values sound great on paper, but unfortunately most of the people working there have let those values fall by the wayside in favor of cutting one another's throats in an effort to gain favor from the higher-ups.

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