Lockheed Martin associate Aeronautical Engineer reviews

Removing the pension plan made it hard to retain the great talent. Many left once they were not able to build the pension as you can build a 401K anywhere you go that offers it.

I joined this company with high hopes of making a big impact. Since I started I really applied myself and got good reviews and then the first "raise" came along, and the second, third, fourth. Raises that don't show a lot of appreciation for the employees. In the meantime, I saw friends leave to work at competing companies and get raises that you would not get at Lockheed after 5 years of excellent performance. It's a real motivation killer to not be valued by the company. Needless to say, after I finish my graduate degree, I'm out. I wanted to retire here but loyalty and hard work are not well compensated. The work is also extremely easy, with tons of people reviewing/meddling in your tasks which allows for no ownership and kills creativity as everything is just cranking the wheel. Why put effort into something when 6 other people after you will come in and change most of the work anyways. Nitpicking whether a word should be capitalized, and similar nuances that the customer surely doesn't care about but just wastes time.