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 1608 reviews)); "Pay is good and most of the people you work with are of similar mind set." ((in 1121 reviews)); "They employ a very dynamic and talented workforce and encourage a good work/ life balance." ((in 1018 reviews)); "People are fair to work with a few bad apples but other than that most people are great." ((in 924 reviews)); "Very flexible and the culture is great." ((in 338 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 153 reviews)); "The upper management is horrible" ((in 134 reviews)); "Literal no training and you are told to train yourself in outside programs you have to pay for." ((in 133 reviews))

What are employees saying about Lockheed Martin layoffs in 2026?

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

(14,535 total reviews)

James D. Taiclet

82% approve of CEO

72% 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 14,535 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

3.0

Dec 9, 2018

LMUK Ampthill Review - After 4 Years

Senior design engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Decent salary and benefits. Most people I work with are professional, knowledgeable and supportive.

Cons

Too much programme management and bad people management. Company seems to be on a downward trend where valuable personnel are leaving and not enough is being done to halt that. More are being asked to pick-up the pieces without fair recognition or appreciation. Central to this is a resource issue.

2.0

Oct 1, 2018

Take charge of your career. Be careful not to get stuck on a legacy project for too long.

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Name recognition for your resume - Interesting problems depending on the team you are working on

Cons

- Not much work-life balance. - Benefits are not competitive when compared to similar institutions. - Depending on the team you get, you will be working with mostly legacy products which have codebases filled with insurmountable technical debt, mostly because of the high level of churn. - Fellow engineers doing just enough to not get fired, but not enough to make any substantional improvements. Frequent use of the phrases ("That's not my problem", "I don't like that person, I'm not helping that team). - No use of modern collaboration tools, still communicating back and forth through miles long email threads in 2018. - Rampant nepitism everywhere. Can be a fun excercise to trace a whole family lineage. - if your lead doesn't understand how a tool can benefit a project they won't take the time to learn.

2.0

Sep 25, 2018

Hostile work environment for non-politically correct people groups.

Manufacturing engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Big company that takes quality seriously

Cons

The CEO worships at the altar of Diversity and most of the managers drink the cool aid. They are inclusive as long as you are part of the post-modern culture. Typical big company problems such as fear of failing to find success.

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