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807 reviews
1.0
Dec 6, 2025
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Pros

Having Fridays off is nice. I use Friday to submit resumes to other companies. 401k match is decent.

Cons

Salaries are notably below what competitors offer for similar roles, making it difficult to justify staying long-term. Management quality is inconsistent at best. Don’t expect strong leadership, mentorship, or advocacy from most managers

5.0
Nov 16, 2025

Great Experience

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Pros

Ownership of products and real high-impact projects, even while still in school. Flexible schedule and understanding managers.

Cons

Nothing huge. Occasionally work late to support projects if needed, but normally schedule is flexible with school.

4.0
Jan 6, 2026
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Pros

Its chill for most part. Managers are nice and so are people.

Cons

You move up based on years of experience instead of amount of work done.

5.0
Nov 14, 2025

Great Company to Work

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Pros

Work life balance is genuinely solid. The schedule is predictable, the workload is manageable, and leadership actually respects your time. Remote flexibility is real, not something they just advertise. The benefits package is strong, and my manager has been consistently supportive, reasonable, and easy to work with. It feels like a place where you can build a long career without burning yourself out.

Cons

Cross functional exposure is limited. As a systems engineer, you mostly stay in the systems lane. There is less interaction with electro mechanical teams, CAD and design groups, and integration and test compared to what you see at more dynamic engineering organizations. The pathways to rotate across disciplines exist, but they are slow and not built into the normal workflow.

3.0
Oct 8, 2025
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Pros

- Flexible work schedule (4/10, Flex 40, etc) - 3.5% raise (more if you're a top employee) + bonus every year - Good health, vision, dental insurance - Great 401k match (LM will match 50% of the first 8% you contribute, totaling 12%) - Slow and steady career growth (if you're into that kind of thing) - Easy to transition to other teams if you want different work depending on the time of the year, there are many opportunities to learn new stuff - LM will pay some amount towards a Master's degree if you want one - Modern and clean offices/locations

Cons

- People transition off of teams like flies and there are usually no back fills (it makes sense if you understand that one of the only ways to get a significant pay increase in LM is to jump to another team/leave the company) - Promotions do not increase your current salary by 10%+ unless you're a top employee, it's a fixed number (MES base salary has been 96k for the past couple of years with no inflation adjustment) - Forget about negotiating your salary to HR unless your manager does it for you and backs you up at the same time

5.0
Dec 21, 2025

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Pros

Great programs, flexible schedule and managers

Cons

Return to office mandate and too much red tape

1.0
Oct 21, 2025

Unsustainable Work Environment

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Pros

The pay can be decent if you’re able to negotiate salary. Some flexibility in work schedules.

Cons

The workload placed on employees is completely unsustainable. It’s not possible to stay on top of the workload and manage a portfolio in a reasonable 40 hours. People - including managers - contact employees at all hours. During dinner, while on PTO, over the weekend, when we’re supposed to have this mythical “off-Friday” we earn for working a 4x10 schedule. So many employees I talk to are expressing the same feelings. Severe burnout, physical symptoms of extreme stress, inability to keep up. Leadership just keeps cutting staff through attrition and not backfilling. They expect people to ramp up output with AI while not dedicating resources to on-boarding AI. It’s a “do more with less” environment. Totally unsustainable and severely damaging for employees’ mental and physical health.

4.0
Dec 2, 2025

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Pros

Great 401k match Off Fridays

Cons

Incompetent or inexperienced managers on some teams

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