Lockheed Martin reviews

1) Sunnyvale location is downsizing. Due to less overhead expense, most new effort is being proposed to be completed on the East Coast or Denver. Many of the existing programs have transitioned out of California. 2) As programs are ending, there are less opportunities at the Sunnyvale location. 3) Very political. Company allows Senior management to degrade employees with no repercussion. Some programs do not enforce inclusion. 4) Health benefits have become more and more unfavorable over the years. I knew employees that had left the company because the medication required for their illness was no longer covered. Based on reduction of benefit coverage, I payed more and more out of pocket every year. 5)I had experienced great managers and unfortunately awful ones. Unfortunately, nothing is done to fix the awful ones since there is a lot of politics at the company. 6)If you are willing to relocate out of California because the location is downsizing, the Sunnyvale location is for you.

Every aspect of corporate life that exists, exists at Lockheed. As an employee, you’re inundated with rules and red tape, political bs, and Lockheed demands and expects employees to go above and beyond yet Lockheed won’t do the same for you. It’s a great place to work for the ambitious corporate sheep. For the free thinker, the value adder, the person that asks “why?”, this is not the place for you. Common sense and logic fail here. Instead, inundation via non-value added process and meetings rules all. Lockheed does a great job obtaining nee talent, yet does a terrible job at retaining that talent. This was authored by a high performing “Significantly Exceeds” employee, suffering through the epitome of what is corporate life. Direct excerpt from a conversation with a director level leader: “The only people I see moving up anymore are the ones drinking the kool-aide.” Your performance doesn’t matter nearly as much as how great of a sheep you are.