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4.1

83% would recommend to a friend

(14,521 total reviews)
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James D. Taiclet

82% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

Lockheed Martin has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 14,521 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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15K reviews
5.0
Nov 4, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

A large company with many opportunities. Current employees have the ability to apply for jobs all over the country and the world. Current employees are given preference for jobs over outside applicants.

Cons

Employee evaluations are not easy. LM has tried many methods of evaluating emloyees; and still have not seemed to "get it right". The cap on the number and types of ratings seems unfair.

4.0
Nov 3, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

The best reason to work at Lockheed Martin is because it's the best place to work for your first and last job. Lockheed Martin believes in having a well trained workforce and you will get a lot of great training and be exposed to a lot of different aspects within your career field. There are a lot of very experienced engineers who will impart their knowledge on you so they can have a lighter work load and feel confident that the company will have good employees to keep their stock value up once they retire. If you plan to stick with LMCO make sure you negotiate as much salary as you can. Many people take the job at lockheed and then quit to go work at a smaller company for more pay. It's hard to turn away work that pays sometimes 20% more! At Lockheed you can get a lot of exposure to some really cool programs that you'd never get working somewhere else (well maybe Boeing...)

Cons

The performance review process isn't the best. Only a small 4% of the workforce will receive an exceptional or high rating and the rest fall in "Successful" or "basic" which means even if you are a stellar engineer unless you do something great to really set yourself apart from the rest of the workforce your likely hood of getting a high score is slim to none. Get the best salary you can coming in the door because promotions and raises are small and few and far between. Lockheed isn't the place to come if you wanna climb to the top quickly.

4.0
Oct 31, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Lockheed Martin Mission Services has flexible schedules and good management. I have been through three contract changes with NASA - Johnson Space Center. Sub-contractors are treated with equal respect.

Cons

Benefits are generally reduced with each contract bid, every 3 to 5 years. Pensions are now on the way out. It seems as though management just wants to make a buck. Each contract change involves, NASA farming out prime contractor employees to sub-contractors with reduce benefits without additional pay to compensate for increased medical premiums. Seems like a government game to check some compliance boxes - which is not a Lockheed Martin problem.

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