Lockheed Martin reviews

4.1

84% would recommend to a friend

(2,133 total reviews)
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James D. Taiclet

83% approve of CEO

73% positive business outlook

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1.0
Jul 19, 2025
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Pros

Some truly outstanding individual contributors work at this company, and they deserve leadership that matches their caliber.

Cons

As a veteran, I have a strong commitment to safety, quality, and continuous improvement. Unfortunately, I experienced firsthand how integrity can be punished rather than rewarded. Alongside more than 15 colleagues, I raised serious concerns about a senior manager who consistently bypassed engineering and quality in critical planning decisions. This not only fostered a toxic work environment but also compromised product safety. Despite escalating these concerns to HR, Ethics, and even a VP, no meaningful action was taken. Our claims were dismissed as unsubstantiated. However, when these same issues were reported to our customer (DCMA), the concerns were validated. A dedicated team spent months correcting the resulting process failures. Despite this, the senior manager faced zero accountability and was quietly reassigned to another site in the same role. Meanwhile, those of us who spoke up were marginalized. I believe my commitment to doing the right thing played a part in how poorly I was treated. It became clear that protecting leadership took priority over supporting the workforce—or even ensuring the safety of the aircraft and those who fly them. If you're someone who values ethics, collaboration, and transparency, this may not be the right environment for you. Leadership accountability and psychological safety remain major areas for improvement.

5.0
Jul 16, 2025
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Pros

Defense contractor with an incredible business structure. There is an answer to any question you may have as an employee, and although its a massive company, it's organized in a way that makes every team self-sufficient and empowered to make a difference. Classified nature of work makes WFH difficult, but it is an option if you need to do so for short periods of time. I've had a great experience with the company.

Cons

As teams are run independently, its common to see people working with outdated tools. Leadership strives for commonality and using the best across all business areas, but that's often met with a 'if it aint broke don't fix it' point of view. In general, the workforce is receptive to change, it just seems hard to break through on every single tool. Also the health benefits are pretty lacking (probably a USA problem on a whole) w/ high premiums.

4.0
Jul 16, 2025

Innovative and challenging

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Innovative Challenging projects Possibly great ppl to work with

Cons

Company culture is lacking. Management can be a challenge

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