How are career development opportunities at Lockheed Martin?

The pay is very good, benefits are excellent, and there is opportunity for professional growth and career exploration.

The cons are the same as with any other large defense contractor.

Great work life balance and plenty of opportunities to advance or broaden your career

Working for the government comes with layers of regulation which can slow down progress

Great mission, benefits, work life balance, growth opportunities

None at this point so far

Great career opportunities and work life balance

A lot of on the job learning and training required to be successful in role.

4x10 schedules are game changing. Lots of cool projects, especially if you have a clearance. New programs are generally very start up like though with some bureaucracy (though they eventually grow out of it unfortunately due to size and more eyes). Lots of opportunities to grow different skill sets as sometimes you can get thrown into roles you're not familiar with (the internal community is super supportive so you won't drown in these cases) One of the fastest moving companies when it comes to defense

Bureaucracy can be suffocating. Slow compared to tech industry (but this is a transnational industry wide issue due to safety and expensive physical products) Lot of programs overlap in functionality without each other knowing. For software folks, pay isn't as great as tech.

Good work life balance working in satellite sustainment operations. I have a flexible schedule.

Very slow career growth and sometimes work is not appreciated by upper management

Great company culture, many career growth opportunities

Managers micromanage, a lot of turn over.

Great opportunities given that the organization is so large, it’s fairly easy to move around and chart a career path. Very for compensation.

The double-edged sword of the company’s size is that often you are going through so many names/approvers/offices for whatever you want to get done that progress can be glacial.

Flexible work schedule, career development, lots of opportunities

Large company, hard to be promoted

Great money and possible career advancement opportunities

Not a lot of time off