Lockheed Martin reviews

I joined this company with high hopes of making a big impact. Since I started I really applied myself and got good reviews and then the first "raise" came along, and the second, third, fourth. Raises that don't show a lot of appreciation for the employees. In the meantime, I saw friends leave to work at competing companies and get raises that you would not get at Lockheed after 5 years of excellent performance. It's a real motivation killer to not be valued by the company. Needless to say, after I finish my graduate degree, I'm out. I wanted to retire here but loyalty and hard work are not well compensated. The work is also extremely easy, with tons of people reviewing/meddling in your tasks which allows for no ownership and kills creativity as everything is just cranking the wheel. Why put effort into something when 6 other people after you will come in and change most of the work anyways. Nitpicking whether a word should be capitalized, and similar nuances that the customer surely doesn't care about but just wastes time.

As of 2018: Benefits are horrible. Regardless of the amount you are offered you should probably look elsewhere due to health benefits. They gone to a high deductible plan, and the company that is managing it has no clue how to correctly facilitate health benefits so that if 100 employees ask the same question of their provider they are given the same "Correct" answer. The answer given seems to change depending on how much the provider is trying to save on costs. This was a big mistake on Lockheed's part, wait until they fix their benefits package before stepping onboard. Lockheed is stuck in the 80's, and it is painful. Entrenched older engineers refuse to come into the 21st century. The company is aware of the issue and is trying to fix it, but the old guys either won't retire or let the next generation of experts step up to the plate.