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4.1

83% would recommend to a friend

(14,515 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 14,515 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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4.0
Sep 25, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Great opportunity to work on lots of projects. You can work almost anywhere in the country. Some business units do support work at home programs. People are relatively friendly. Purpose of company is pretty good. Stock price is doing great.

Cons

Company is very top heavy and it can be difficult in getting promoted quickly. The pay is reasonable but definitely not on the high end. Managers have a tenancy to work their people to death. That can be a lot of under performing people that are kept because of their connections with upper management.

5.0
Sep 25, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great opportunities to try different facets of engineering. I'm originally a Software Engineer by trait but the company has allowed and encouraged me to dabble in Systems Engineering as well as Systems Administration. You truly get a great breadth of knowledge and appreciation for a company when they encourage their employees to see new things and work in an area they prefer and want to be in.

Cons

There is an ELDP program throughout Lockheed Martin designed specifically for engineering which identifies potential technical leaders and puts them through a rigorous training curriculum. The issue with the program is there was an inconsistency amongst Lockheed branches as to how the course was structured. Some members at certain sites had no technical curriculum to go through while others (ie- Syracuse NY, Moorestown NJ) had to dedicate nearly 30 hours weekly for course related work.

4.0
Sep 24, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The company is big and located all over the US and around the world. This gives an employee the opportunity to choose a different position within the company but at another location. It definitely gives the employee a great potential career growth and tons of opportunities. Another reason are the employees of the company. Many of the people I've met and worked with are intelligent, hard workers, and great people to know. It allows you to build a network if you ever need to contact these individuals in the future. For most of the project's I've worked on, the hours are flexible. The mentality is if you need to work 50 hours to get your work completed, then you work your 50 hours. However if you can get it done in 40 hours, then work just 40 hours. It doesn't have to be 8-5 every day. If you have an appointment in the morning, then you can potentially work 5 hours the first day and make up the other 3 hours on the other days of the week.

Cons

The salary pay can start out high but the salary increase tends to plateau rather quickly. The company also practices force distribution when it comes to performance reviews and salary increases even if all members within a team performs exceptionally. Although I have not been affect, a few of my colleagues have which is pretty unfair to them. Another downside is the being a salaried position, if you need to work an additional 40 hours to get your work done, you need to work those additional 40 hours as overtime. No extra pay. I've been in situations in which they do pay those overtime hours but also in situations in which they have not.

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