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4.1

84% would recommend to a friend

(14,555 total reviews)
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James D. Taiclet

82% approve of CEO

73% positive business outlook

Lockheed Martin has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 14,555 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 Aérospatiale et défense industry (3.6 stars).

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15K reviews
2.0
Apr 23, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Good health benefits, large company to gain experience in a cost center or P&L program, flexible schedule to manage work/life balance, but only if you're an individual contributor (managers do not have the same benefits). Great place to start your career, but not an attractive place to retire for Gen X, Y and Milens.

Cons

The culture is very old school. Its a very competitive working environment since you are rated against your peer group. Performance appraisal process is horrible! Someone always has to fall to the bottom, whether they deserve it or not. Merits are small - around 1.5 for med score and 3% for highest ratings. No bonus/Employee Inceptive Program unless you're in a level 6 position (and not all lev 6 offer EIP) If you're a manager don't think about having any work/life balance and its best if your spouse is a stay-at-home parent or works part-time. Telecommuting/working from home isn't an option if you have direct reports. Management is expected to make up any sick time that's taken, and "raise red flags" if they have more sick time than unpaid overtime to compensate for it. Low employee moral.

2.0
Apr 22, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Stable company that can be either low-stress if you go with the flow, or high-pressure if you want to try to challenge the status quo.

Cons

The technologies and development practices used are typically behind the times compared to most private companies. You can easily fall into a very niche role and lost the opportunity to maintain or grow any other skillsets. Promotion and job performance is very dependent on working within the established frameworks rather than trying to improve processes or innovate.

3.0
Apr 18, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Have pushed to make opportunities to learn new things while working here. Advancement is slow, but eventually occurs. The people who work here are phenomenal.

Cons

Middle management is spineless. Pay raises are minimal, benefit costs to employees continue to rise above yearly salary raises. Management continues to expect more and more from employees, by demanding uncompensated overtime and weekend work. Refusal to comply results in Performance Improvement Plans and high pressure to conform to demands. Program Management continually under fund projects and then tell engineers that they are being "challenged" to meet unrealistic deadlines despite being told their expectations are unrealistic. Engineering principles are ignored to achieve the unrealistic schedules. Employees are undervalued and the reality that key individuals are leaving is not important to Management as they are more interested in meeting staffing levels than retaining intellectual knowledge base. At one time this was a good place to work. It has deteriorated with the loss of Senior Management from the CEO level down. Morale is at an all time low. Flex time has been eliminated, working here is like criminal chain gang labor.

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