Lockheed Martin Systems Engineer Associate Manager reviews

September is nervous time. Managers hire contractors (Indian mostly) as inexpensive, good help, then when September comes around they let them go. Always a very sad time of the year as you get to know these people. They don't so much oblige the customer as they bow to them. Even when our client makes decisions that are detremental, we dare say nothing because of fear of losing the contract even though we've had it for 20 years. We recenlty lost the Analysis, Validation and User Experience portions of the contract. I have to wonder if part of the reason is because we never say 'no' when as a 'consulting' company we need to in order to protect the customer from themselves sometimes. They are unwilling to consider moving into the commercial space even though the government contracts aren't what they used to be and it would be beneficial to the company. I think this may come back to bite them later.

The company is bloated, very little actually gets done. Management is penny wise and pound foolish. Job security is null and is more politically based then productivity based. You can get good reviews and still get cut. They expect maximum dedication in exchange for minimum reward. Their cost cutting efforts also focus on employee compensation and benefits. It's a 'go nowhere' job for the most part. I wouldn't recommend working there unless you wanted to stay stagnant in your career.