Lockheed Martin Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"A great experience all around!"

What do you like about working at Lockheed Martin?

"Lots of opportunity to make a difference with great people."

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

"Lockheed Martin is a great place to work, be professional and friendly as you interact with the hiring team. Use the STAR model to answer the behavioral based interview questions and become familiar with the Full Spectrum leadership model."

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

"Located too far, had a long commute in busy rush hour traffic."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Listen more to the middle and first line managers as to what gets in their way."

"Great company to work for with some of very best programs."

What do you like about working at Lockheed Martin?

"My managers look up to me and let me responsible for my projects."

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

"Great company to work for but it should be your second job (you should have 14 years with other company first)."

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

"Budget cuts every year and don't know which project gets cut first."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Not a lot to say about DOD contracts but once contract ended so does all the good people."

What do you like about working at Lockheed Martin?

"401k matching up to 8%, 9/80 work week, flexible schedules."

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

"If you have absolutely no other options and you opt to interview here, the interview will not be very technical. They want you to be slightly familiar with what they do and will ask why you want to work there. The company motto is Never forget who we work for, so the correct answer is that you love being able to defend our proud nation and support the troops."

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

"Limited opportunity for growth. Need a sponsor (a friend in management) to get promoted. The work is very boring and mundane and way beneath the potential of anyone with an engineering degree. Recruiters lie during the interviews to make the job sound interesting, but in reality the job entails little more than modifying Word documents and attending meetings. Unfortunately, when it's time to leave, you'll find yourself woefully inadequate when compared to other engineers at commercial companies."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Treat the employees with respect. Recognize and reward the employees that actually do work instead of the ones that simply talk about doing work and then take credit for other peoples accomplishments."

"Diverse, interesting and relaxed."

What do you like about working at Lockheed Martin?

"Lockheed Martin is a defense contractor and I take great pride in being able to support the men and women of the military."

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

"Be open and honest. There is a very diverse culture and your opinion will be appreciated."

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

"A large portion of Lockheed Martin's work is with legacy systems. I would prefer working on new, innovative solutions."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be more transparent. Many employees do not see Lockheed Martin's full vision and strategy."

"I have learned a lot."

What do you like about working at Lockheed Martin?

"I enjoy the flexibility that I have with this company."

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

"Be truthful in the job description and make sure the fit is right."

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

"I do not like the career limitations or the commute from my home."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be more available to your employees for training and help."

What do you like about working at Lockheed Martin?

"Not innovative, old school management, mostly puppets, lack of leadership."

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

"You can get stuck where you are if you don't know know how to be a puppet and be a yes person."

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

"No hands on experience, cross training, and a lot of favoritism."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Make sure the management is part of the team, not above it."

"19 years Lockheed Martin."

What do you like about working at Lockheed Martin?

"Possibility to go as far as you wanted. The constant challenges."

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

"Be yourself. Fix any and all problems, even if it's not yours, be a team."

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

"I did not want to travel as much as they made me."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Bring it on! Keep the work coming and keep me busy."

What do you like about working at Lockheed Martin?

"High tech well known in the field. High visibility. Good reputation."

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

"Make sure you ask questions about the management culture."

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

"Boys club, not open to new ideas or outsiders that did not start career at Lockheed."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Open up, break up the clicks, bring in new blood."

"It's a great, stable place to work."

What do you like about working at Lockheed Martin?

"The people are great, friendly, good community for team work."

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

"Just be yourself and see if you guys fit. There is no worse feeling than getting a job that you don't fit into their culture, vision, etc."

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

"Growth opportunity, expanding horizons for myself and technically."

"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."

What do you like about working at Lockheed Martin?

"Challenge, integrity, products, customers, teamwork, making things happen, saving lives."

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

"Not much. It was a company I invested 37 years of my life."

What do you like about working at Lockheed Martin?

"Educational benefits; seemingly wide opportunities for growth which did not work out for me."

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

"If a salary range is given, the bottom is the 75th and the top is the 125th percentile. Most hiring does not exceed 100%."

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

"The size of the company created layers which made it difficult to access upper management."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Use the tools which collect employee skills to fill open positions."

"Weapons training is a rewarding job!"

What do you like about working at Lockheed Martin?

"I love doing what I do for a living. This company allowed me to do this for years. It really wasn't work to me."

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

"Just be honest. It's a great company if you can find the right fit!"

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

"I don't like how, because it is a series of government contracts, notification isn't properly given for when the job ends."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Pass on information to employees of the company when the job is going to end."

"Experience has been pretty good, no strong complaints."

What do you like about working at Lockheed Martin?

"Ability to maintain work/life balance, flexible schedule, benefits and growth opportunities."

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

"Stress the ability to work independently and as a team. Stress the commitment to customer satisfaction and mission success."

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

"Financial challenges in defense industry, job instability, lack of interest in defense technologies."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Do what it takes to ensure work/life balance and being an employer of choice remains a priority."

What do you like about working at Lockheed Martin?

"Exciting products, high quality people, dynamic solution challenges, commitment to excellence, corporate values."

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

"Lockheed Martin expects the highest in talent and professionalism mostly due to the customers we interact with on a daily basis. My best recommendation is to approach this company like many others with an attitude of virtuosity, 'doing the common, uncommonly well'."

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

"The only potential negative aspect of working at Lockheed Martin is the same issue of working at any large corporation, layers of bureaucracy, and speed of which change can be achieved."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"At Lockheed Martin, my biggest suggestion is to put more accountability onto the individual programs to create cost effective solutions while still providing a high quality product. At times I believe certain programs work under the belief of having a 'blank check'."