Lockheed Martin Senior Software Engineer reviews

4.0

74% would recommend to a friend

(322 total reviews)
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James D. Taiclet

65% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

Software Engineer, Senior employees have rated Lockheed Martin with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 322 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer, Senior professionals have a good working experience there. Lockheed Martin is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer, Senior professionals compared to other employers within the Aerospace & Defense industry (3.6 stars).

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322 reviews
3.0
Nov 13, 2013
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Pros

Large stable company with locations all over the world Interesting work vital to defense and civil applications Opportunity to move to other business units/locations Decent benefits Decent initial salary at all levels (junior, mid level, senior) Management pays attention to what's going on, but doesn't get in the way of doing your job

Cons

Working for a good manager is hit or miss - there are a few good, some bad, most mediocre. You have to learn to manage your manager. I only saw one who was really horrible, Lots of status reports, yet seem to be surprised when bad news happens. LM has an affinity for discarding senior engineers. Poor raises every year - zero to 2% Benefits keep eroding away - no more pension, vacation accrual cuts, insurance rates keep getting more and more expensive

2.0
Nov 13, 2013
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Pros

Great pay and benefits. Occasionally working with cutting edge hardware. Autonomy to do the work you need to get done. Travel to unique places

Cons

Suffocating process, extremely dated corporate culture. Projects drag on for years. Software is often blamed for cost overruns Most things you work on are extremely old (C / ADA). Most people have a pension and are just trying to not get laid off before they hit their magic years of service. Huge compensation rift between pensioners and non-pensioners.

5.0
Nov 10, 2013
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Pros

The projects that I worked on at LM were extremely exciting and felt like I was contributing to my country.

Cons

The commute from my house was 40 miles each way. There was a great work at home option, but sometimes could not be used.

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