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 been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Lockheed Martin?

83% 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 (900) , Systems Engineer (678) , Senior Software Engineer (291) , Engineer (244) , Intern (188) , Senior Systems Engineer (186) , Financial Analyst (177) , Mechanical Engineer (165) , Manufacturing Engineer (134) , Program Manager (112) , Project Manager (111) , Associate Software Engineer (110) , 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 1588 reviews)); "Pay is good and most of the people you work with are of similar mind set." ((in 1103 reviews)); "They employ a very dynamic and talented workforce and encourage a good work/ life balance." ((in 1003 reviews)); "People are fair to work with a few bad apples but other than that most people are great." ((in 919 reviews)); "Very flexible and the culture is great." ((in 333 reviews))

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

"Poor management and hard to get things accomplished" ((in 586 reviews)); "Some managers have absolutely zero clue how anything actually gets done and are poor leaders." ((in 292 reviews)); "Senior leadership had a very difficult time articulating that overall strategy and direction for the division." ((in 156 reviews)); "Literal no training and you are told to train yourself in outside programs you have to pay for." ((in 139 reviews)); "The upper management is horrible" ((in 133 reviews))

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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

83% would recommend to a friend

(14,517 total reviews)

James D. Taiclet

82% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Work/Life balance

4.1

Career opportunities

3.9

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 14,517 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

Mar 8, 2018

Financial Analyst Staff

Multi-functional financial analyst senior

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible environment, well above average benefits, 90/80 work schedule, interesting products, diverse workforce, it's very large so there are lots of geographic locations and programs to choose from.

Cons

Not all business units are created equal. LM Space needs some corporate intervention to clean up their rotten culture of extreme cronyism. No career growth. Availability of promotions and development programs are entirely based on knowing the right people, which means many high performers get stuck and unable to progress. All the opportunities go to the same people. The age discrimination has gotten very blatant, again.

1.0

Feb 24, 2018

Senior Contracts Manager Staff

Senior subcontracts staff

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

You get 3 weeks of vacation coming in the door, 40 hours of sick time, and 9/80 work week.

Cons

Lockheed is a good company to work, but don't work for F-35 Subcontract Management in Fort Worth. There's not training you are just left to figured out on your own. It's definitely a matrix environment and you spend majority of your day updating matrix. The managers in the F35 program are unprofessional, that gossip about their employees. When you need to address an issue with your manager or talk privately there is no privacy, any or everybody can hear what's being said. Some Managers in the F35 program delegate their work to you and can't explain how to do it. The environment is very unprofessional, especially managers, it feel like you are in high school. Low pay it's just not worth it for what you deal with everyday. Don't work in F-35 Subcontract Management, it's terrible over there, just about everyone is new and miserable.

4.0

Dec 25, 2017

Great place to learn from

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

9/80 flex schedule, great place to learn from some very talented people, always something new to work on, good management flow-down

Cons

Difficult to get needed training, even good loyal employees can get lost in the masses when it comes to job recognition, sometimes the bureaucracy gets in the way of progress

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