3.0
May 13, 2016
Former employee, more than 8 years
Manassas, VA
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
It's great when you're first starting. I've gained a ton of experience and I've enjoyed the people I've worked with.
Cons
Lockheed's salary isn't competitive once you've become more experienced. Management values leadership contributions more than technical contributions. I found myself in a situation where in order to grow within Lockheed I needed to do less technical work and more managerial work. The technical path at Lockheed is very narrow because at the end of the day, they rather have a lower level engineer perform a task than a high level engineer. It makes sense from a business and cost management perspective, but it's not good if you want to stay technical.