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 (246) , Intern (188) , Senior Systems Engineer (187) , 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 1593 reviews)); "Good pay; and you get to work around some amazing machinery that will fight wars and save lives." ((in 1116 reviews)); "Great work life balance while feeling satisfied and fulfilled by the work I am performing." ((in 1010 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 596 reviews)); "Some managers have absolutely zero clue how anything actually gets done and are poor leaders."" ((in 290 reviews)); "Senior leadership had a very difficult time articulating that overall strategy and direction for the division." ((in 153 reviews)); "Literal no training and you are told to train yourself in outside programs you have to pay for." ((in 134 reviews)); "The upper management is horrible" ((in 133 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

83% would recommend to a friend

(14,534 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

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 14,534 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

1.0

Jul 13, 2015

Pareto Principle

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Insurance, Vacation, limited Flex Time (based on title), 401k match, on-site medical facilities, online PeopleSoft learning programs, limited tuition reimbursement, relocation, international satelite offices

Cons

20% performing actual job functions while 80% waiting to retire and collect their retirement which is not offered to new hires. Depressing hearing old timers talk all day about their $$$$$ retirement with countdown clocks. Discouraging environment with talk amongst selves, groups, departments complaining about how no one does their job or it's done incorrectly. Seems everything is a corrective action. View first hand how tax payers dollars are at waste.

2.0

Jul 12, 2015

A Different Company...

Human resources

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Decent benefits but not the best. Some business units in LM are good to work for as far as culture.

Cons

Some divisions are unstable, leadership does not care about people, poor culture and morale, favoritism is very prevalent, no work life balance for salaried positions and limited growth opportunities. Not the same Lockheed Martin Aeronautics as in the past...

3.0

Jul 8, 2015

Going down hill

Employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- good benefits - flexible hours - most sites develop innovative technology

Cons

- benefits reduced more and more - laying off older, higher pay employees and replacing them with inexperienced for fresh out of college personnel. This has been causing HUGE problems with design and production issues due to lack of knowledgeable, and experience. - Complicated processes causing major design and manufacturing issues which in turn becomes costly and delays productivity. Layoffs seem to focus on the long term, experienced employees. - management imposes ethics training but doesn't follow it themselves. If anyone does go to HR to lodge a complaint or concern they are next on the layoff list. We've seen this happen with a co-worker we had worked with for years. - loosing customers due to way they are running company. They are not meeting their requirements for some contracts or over spending on some others.

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