Does Lockheed Martin pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Lockheed Martin employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Lockheed Martin. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Lockheed Martin?

83% of Lockheed Martin employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Lockheed Martin 4.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 4.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Lockheed Martin?

Software Engineer (900) , Systems Engineer (678) , Senior Software Engineer (291) , Engineer (246) , Intern (188) , Senior Systems Engineer (187) , Financial Analyst (177) , Mechanical Engineer (166) , Manufacturing Engineer (134) , Program Manager (112) , Project Manager (111) , Associate Software Engineer (110) , Subcontract Administrator (103) , Quality Engineer (94) , Project Engineer (89)

What are the pros of working at Lockheed Martin according to real employee reviews?

"Good Benefits and a full catalog of potential tech careers can be had working for them." ((in 1579 reviews)); "Good pay; and you get to work around some amazing machinery that will fight wars and save lives." ((in 1126 reviews)); "Great work life balance while feeling satisfied and fulfilled by the work I am performing." ((in 1016 reviews)); "People are fair to work with a few bad apples but other than that most people are great." ((in 921 reviews)); "Very flexible and the culture is great." ((in 328 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Lockheed Martin according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management and hard to get things accomplished" ((in 590 reviews)); "Some managers have absolutely zero clue how anything actually gets done and are poor leaders."" ((in 289 reviews)); "Senior leadership had a very difficult time articulating that overall strategy and direction for the division." ((in 160 reviews)); "Literal no training and you are told to train yourself in outside programs you have to pay for." ((in 143 reviews)); "The upper management is horrible" ((in 136 reviews))

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Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Lockheed Martin layoffs and their outlook for job security at Lockheed Martin in 2026.

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Lockheed Martin reviews

4.1

83% would recommend to a friend

(14,537 total reviews)

James D. Taiclet

82% approve of CEO

73% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Work/Life balance

4.1

Career opportunities

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Culture & values

3.5

Senior management

Lockheed Martin has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 14,537 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Lockheed Martin employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Luft- & Raumfahrt, Verteidigung industry (3.6 stars).

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Reviews by job title

15K reviews

4.0

Apr 22, 2009

I like it here.

Systems engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Relative job security. Large variety of jobs.

Cons

Incompetent peers. Bureaucracy. Promotions are generally tethered your years of experience.

2.0

Apr 21, 2009

Tip: Most of us don't work on fighter jet projects and never will...

Computer systems architect

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Relatively immune from recession; good tuition reimbursement program for grad school, location, fairly decent health care; low stress, no working nights/weekends/Friday afternoon (usually); lax dress code (if you're in engineering, at least)

Cons

Because of how Lockheed Martin grew (acquisition), working at some of the business units just doesn't feel like working at a Fortune 500 company. It feels like you work at...whatever was there before it was acquired. Additionally, chances are that you will be completely isolated from every other business unit and site. Transferring from one business unit to another, or one site to another, is NOT as easy as it sounds -- one pretty much has to threaten to leave the company to do so. The worst feeling is the feeling that technology is just passing you by - we use software until it goes end of life. It's just not a "cool" place to work, but you already knew that. Incompetent employees are shifted around or even promoted. Lots of talk about horizontal integration, but virtually no action.

2.0

Apr 16, 2009

Lockheed - a good place to vacation from.

Systems engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

It is a steady job...while you have a contract. In my experience it is a very flexible place to work - each vacation request I submitted has been approved, sometimes with only a week's notice. Four weeks of vacation a year when you walk in the door is nice as well. Once in, it is hard to get booted from all I have seen.

Cons

The work is uninteresting, and the company is so big that your work rarely matters. Pay is low, industry-wise. The company is very top-heavy, and as they try to remedy this promotions are becoming harder to get.

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