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 (904) , Systems Engineer (679) , Senior Software Engineer (292) , Engineer (246) , Intern (188) , Senior Systems Engineer (187) , Financial Analyst (177) , Mechanical Engineer (166) , Manufacturing Engineer (134) , Program Manager (113) , 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 1605 reviews)); "Good pay; and you get to work around some amazing machinery that will fight wars and save lives." ((in 1098 reviews)); "Great work life balance while feeling satisfied and fulfilled by the work I am performing." ((in 1004 reviews)); "People are fair to work with a few bad apples but other than that most people are great." ((in 932 reviews)); "Great opportunities to learn about engineering and complex systems" ((in 304 reviews))

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

"Poor management and hard to get things accomplished" ((in 589 reviews)); "Some managers have absolutely zero clue how anything actually gets done and are poor leaders." ((in 292 reviews)); "Senior leadership had a very difficult time articulating that overall strategy and direction for the division." ((in 155 reviews)); "Literal no training and you are told to train yourself in outside programs you have to pay for." ((in 136 reviews)); "The upper management is horrible" ((in 135 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

(14,553 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 14,553 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

Jan 10, 2010

Overall good place to work.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The benefits are great. The raises that accompany a promotion are good and career advancement is encouraged.

Cons

When trying to accomplish tasks there is a lot of process and paperwork that has to been completed now matter how small the task. Things move slowly and the technology that we are working with is old.

4.0

Jan 9, 2010

Great Place to work

Manufacturing scheduler

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

It is a great place to work. Pays well very professional, fun, and offers flexible vacation package. ver happy with company.

Cons

the only down side is the company doesnt promote easily. Its a hard company to get promoted with but all and all good place to work.

3.0

Jan 8, 2010

50/50 long term employment; should I stay or should I go?

Software engineer staff

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Work-life balance - Tuition Reimbursement - Breadth of opportunity to work on diverse projects - Challenging project opportunities - Ability to change projects, lateral career moves

Cons

- Poor performing employees are abundant and often not disciplined; most likely a result of complicated HR procedures for discipline all focused on covering the company's legal interests instead of "doing what's right"; coincidentally a "core value". - Not a lot of training opportunities and/or untimely and unrelated to job duties - Pay not commensurate with performance - Complex system to determine pay, promotions are hard to come by and tied more to years of service - Lower levels are easier to get promoted up. Upper levels become slow and far between. Bands are crowded higher up leading to "crowding"; making promotions few and far between. - New benefits package spun as "better", but more out-of-pocket compared to old plans.

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