Lockheed Martin reviews about "manager"

Senior management does not allow for much growth nor input from their mid level managers. Their culture of Hear and Be Heard falls extremely flat.

Good managers can be few and far between.

You move up based on years of experience instead of amount of work done.

Upward growth in levels is difficult if you remain on the same team, so typically switching to a new team or program is the best way to promote yourself. Program leadership has been trending downward, with decisions taking away from the original work-life balance that Lockheed promoted,

-middle management... i think everyone knows how this concept works but Lockheed really excels at having a lot of useless managers

Terrible culture when it comes to management. Managers should be evaluated by the people the manage for yearly performance review. This doesn’t happen at Lockheed, which allows for toxic workplaces practices to be left unchecked because HR does not manage these managers out. Too many talented people leave because of this. The company has a problem with retention which ultimately affects knowledge transfer because there are not enough people who can do the job of the person who is retiring. More people retire and not enough new employees come in. Very boomer company. Need to change if they want to remain competitive. Additionally, you need to provide stock options if you want to attract engineers long term. Not competitive for Bay Area.

Return to office mandate and too much red tape

Hard to get a promotion in-line, This necessitates job hopping, even at the company. Can also be long hours during test campaigns, or long test days.

Longer hours due to 4/10 schedule