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 (166) , 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 1608 reviews)); "Pay is good and most of the people you work with are of similar mind set." ((in 1121 reviews)); "They employ a very dynamic and talented workforce and encourage a good work/ life balance." ((in 1018 reviews)); "People are fair to work with a few bad apples but other than that most people are great." ((in 924 reviews)); "Very flexible and the culture is great." ((in 338 reviews))

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

"Poor management and hard to get things accomplished" ((in 590 reviews)); "Some managers have absolutely zero clue how anything actually gets done and are poor leaders." ((in 289 reviews)); "Senior leadership had a very difficult time articulating that overall strategy and direction for the division." ((in 153 reviews)); "The upper management is horrible" ((in 134 reviews)); "Literal no training and you are told to train yourself in outside programs you have to pay for." ((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

(14,535 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 14,535 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

Sep 22, 2013

Do Not Accept An Offer

Sourcing

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The high pay is the only positive thing I can speak to.

Cons

Too many to go tip to extreme detail. Current profits are much higher than at anytime, yet there are constant layoffs of extremely qualified and high performing individuals. Performance assessment process is extremely unfair. Instead of being assessed on performance, it seems to be more of a popularity and nepotism based system. Managers all smile in your face like it's all good, but behind your back they gossip and talk about you to,other employees, highly unethical. They speak to work/life balance, but is held against you if you do not work more than 40 hrs a week.

1.0

Sep 11, 2013

The worst place to work. Period.

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The pay is okay. There really aren't many other pros that I can think of. They're a large company, and some people might like that.

Cons

There is zero opportunity for growth. The company is in decline and the senior management either don't care, or just want to squeeze every ounce of blood out of it before it dies. It won't go any time soon, mind you, but it will go. The amount of process that one has to go through to get ANYTHING done is nothing short of staggering. Process, schedule and cost come before anything else. While Lockheed hasn't been caught up in any recent ethics scandals, they apply very little ethics in how they treat their employees. They are not reinvesting any money in the company. At all. You can't even get them to buy a paperclip, never mind the proper equipment for the engineers to do their jobs. To sum it up: Poor management, no reinvestment, treating the employees like crap, no vision and management by process have brought a once great company to its knees.

1.0

Jul 8, 2013

uncaring employer

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

none. worst company ever worked for. uncaring, cutthroat management team.

Cons

salary,opportunity to advance. typical large corporation mentality, still has the "good old boy" stat edgy in place,firmly. daily back stabbing, undermining,prejudicious management team. anti black, anti gay

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