Does Lockheed Martin pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Lockheed Martin employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Lockheed Martin. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Lockheed Martin?

84% of Lockheed Martin employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Lockheed Martin 4.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 4.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Lockheed Martin?

Software Engineer (904) , Systems Engineer (679) , Senior Software Engineer (293) , Engineer (246) , Intern (188) , Senior Systems Engineer (187) , Financial Analyst (177) , Mechanical Engineer (166) , Manufacturing Engineer (134) , Program Manager (113) , Associate Software Engineer (111) , Project Manager (111) , Subcontract Administrator (103) , Quality Engineer (94) , Project Engineer (89)

What are the pros of working at Lockheed Martin according to real employee reviews?

"Good Benefits and a full catalog of potential tech careers can be had working for them." ((in 1590 reviews)); "Pay is good and most of the people you work with are of similar mind set." ((in 1106 reviews)); "They employ a very dynamic and talented workforce and encourage a good work/ life balance." ((in 1021 reviews)); "People are fair to work with a few bad apples but other than that most people are great." ((in 917 reviews)); "Pay attention to that and make sure you negotiate a good salary when you arrive." ((in 327 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Lockheed Martin according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management and hard to get things accomplished" ((in 598 reviews)); "Some managers have absolutely zero clue how anything actually gets done and are poor leaders." ((in 293 reviews)); "Senior leadership had a very difficult time articulating that overall strategy and direction for the division." ((in 159 reviews)); "Literal no training and you are told to train yourself in outside programs you have to pay for." ((in 145 reviews)); "The upper management is horrible" ((in 136 reviews))

What are employees saying about Lockheed Martin layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Lockheed Martin layoffs and their outlook for job security at Lockheed Martin in 2026.

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Lockheed Martin reviews

4.1

84% would recommend to a friend

(14,561 total reviews)

James D. Taiclet

82% approve of CEO

73% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Work/Life balance

4.1

Career opportunities

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Culture & values

3.5

Senior management

Lockheed Martin has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 14,561 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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Reviews by job title

15K reviews

2.0

Aug 17, 2011

Used to be great a couple of years ago, but now it's just not.

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

9x80 work schedule is awesome. Usually very flexible on time and scheduling. Most managers are very accommodating when you need to leave work for personal reasons. The unlimited sick and personal leave time is awesome. However, new policies are that you can't have overtime unless you've "paid back" any sick or personal leave that you've taken.

Cons

Three words: Model driven development. They just don't put an emphasis or give importance to real software work. They're putting all of their baskets into system engineers with software titles. Don't go here if you expect to pound code. There just isn't any opportunity to do it now.

1.0

Aug 5, 2011

Poor

Mechanical engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible work environment. Quite a few very talented engineers.

Cons

Incompetent leadership. Terrible talent management. Tolerance of nonperformance of leaders.

2.0

Jul 25, 2011

Under-appreciated and poorly managed, too process oriented, and redundant job functions.

Hardware engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The company name makes it sound as if you're working on something cutting edge or highly advanced. A majority of the work is from legacy designs from 20+ years ago. Benefits arent bad, not to say they're great, 401K matches half, no more pensions though. Some people are nice and easy to get along with, others will stab you in the back to get promoted, I've seen it happen.

Cons

Poor overall leadership. Too many managers and leads with similar job functions. The company itself promotes work-life balances, however the managers that you have to report to does not. The company uses technology that is so archaic that it only displays things in green and black. Takes forever to get anything done with the current processes they have implemented. Too much process kills creativity. Lack of employee appreciation. And high level management will still get their year end bonuses when they had layoffs, while regular employees never get any bonuses.

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