Working at Lockheed Martin in Valley Forge, PA: 7 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Valley Forge, PA Area

"I worked with the same company for 13 years and for the last 5-6, there has been a lot of upheaval and turnover. Multiple changes in company direction. Project funding seems to ebb and flow without reason."

"Bringing the concepts of user centered design have been very positive."

What do you like about working at Lockheed Martin?

"I liked the opportunity to roll up my sleeves, go beyond theory, and put into practice and use emerging technologies that actively defend our nation."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"The only tip I can offer is to be aware that program budgets grow or shrink depending on the political mood at the time."

What don't you like about working at Lockheed Martin?

"The concern about yearly Congressional appropriations of money for R&D."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Listen more to who your end user is, for they are the ones who know what they need to get their job done."

"Mixed bag, some very good, some not so good."

What do you like about working at Lockheed Martin?

"Salary, range of freedom to perform job, and the location."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Patience. It can take a long time to get in the door."

What don't you like about working at Lockheed Martin?

"The performance rating process is flawed, sometimes leading to inaccurate performance reviews for staff."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Dump the forced ranking for performance reviews. Trust managers rate staff as they see fit."

"Solid company but not able to change quickly or adapt to changing economic conditions."

What do you like about working at Lockheed Martin?

"Solid company."

What don't you like about working at Lockheed Martin?

"Very little opportunities for growth or to showcase individual thinking."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Look outside to add to senior management. The company needs new ideas."

"Great place to get corporate experience and perhaps a long career at."

What do you like about working at Lockheed Martin?

"Career advancement potential."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Voice your preferences for the job role."

What don't you like about working at Lockheed Martin?

"Concern about layoffs."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"More personal communication."

"Extremely unfair treatment."

What do you like about working at Lockheed Martin?

"Working on projects that required TS/SCI clearances."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Personally know somebody that works there or that you can work for so they can pull strings for you. Doesn't matter what you know, it's more important who you know at this company."

What don't you like about working at Lockheed Martin?

"I used to work as a full time employee for Lockheed Martin with a TS/SCI clearances in Pa. I was terminated / railroaded out the door for being on the Internet. In my work environment I had a Classified and an Unclassified system. When I would arrive in the morning I would always log into the Unclassified system first to check email, and the weather. I would leave the Unclassified system logged in and then log onto the Classified system to start my daily activities. I was busy the rest of the day performing my job on the Classified system. They used the fact that I stayed logged into the Unclassified system as the excuse to terminate me. When I asked to see the records I was refused and shown out the door. There is a tremendous amount of Non Ethical behaviour going on at Lockheed. There were many employees who did absolutely nothing every day except collect their paycheck. Sometimes they wouldn't even come into work. These groups of employees would cover each other from being caught all the way up to he department heads and managers. I even know one employee who even to this day spends most of his day at the bar drinking while getting paid. I knew another group that would spend most of their time at the King of Prussia mall across the street from the main building 100. There were also many minority employees who would use prejudice as a scare tactic and get away with totally unethical behaviour. I have many more instances to report, but won't do that here and now for the sake of time and making this post too long. Lockheed Martin is one screwed up company. If they keep going this way I doubt they will survive. Our country's security depends on some of LM's contracts. We're in big trouble because we are depending on a company so corrupt.Terminated under false pretenses and allegations. I have suffered several heart attacks, severe gout and pneumonia, for which I was hospitalized. This has caused a tremendous amount of stress in my life. Everything from home foreclosure to declining health. My life has been ruined because of them. There is more."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Do your job instead of covering each other's backs!!"