Lockheed Martin Reviews

Pros

Great leadeship. by smart capable people Interesting company

Cons

I had to travel to another city. No locations in Sydney or I would still work there!

Advice to Management

Please set up an office in Sydney!

Pros

Lockheed Martin Australia started in Australia via the JORN project, which they have since lost, but continue with a number of interesting other projects.

Cons

They give the impression of being arrogant and, despite “claiming” to be (unconditionally) ethical, in my experience only actively demonstrate this when it is convenient. I raised an issue against middle-management and my “HR Business Partner” challenged me by asking “what do I really want to get out of this?”. In short I was fobbed off. Upon being made redundant I realised that I de-skilled during my time with the...

Advice to Management

Take a look at yourself (and your middle managers) and look after your employees so no one is left unemployable and (forced to) consider a career change like I am.

Pros

Great job awesome learning experience. You get to test system from ground floor and really see how system works

Cons

Intense trying and great time spent test and training

Advice to Management

Keep doing great job

Pros

fantastic company in the USA

Cons

staff turnover is horrendous in Canberra Australia, plus management and staff are predominantly military individuals with no social etiquette... just a military boys club...

Advice to Management

you need to get new blood filtering into the company from all industries to get rid of the boring military culture

Pros

good location. good guys on the floor.

Cons

Employer promises never fulfilled. Lack of competent management this year. very low employee engagement. fixed term contract with no career progression possible.

Advice to Management

listen to your staff and change the management team

Pros

Full time job, medium job security, Defence related unlikely to be axed.

Cons

Very low Base pay with long hours and constant shift work. Salary seems good at first but is really quite low at about $24/Hr or less. Pay rises are lower than CPI most years. Salary of about $90000 seems ok but is in actual fact well earned by mandatory and considerable overtime and long 12 Hr shifts. Highly skilled and experienced Emplyees are earning little more than minimum Award wages for longer hours worked plus...

Advice to Management

Need to look after existing and new employees better. Cease cutting staff numbers and real wages. Stop increasing hours employees have to work, especially unpaid hours work.

Pros

Being a bigger company they have the financial resources to offer decent training. They have an exciting group of projects to work on and movement within the programs is possible for the right skill sets.

Cons

There seems to be a lot of political games and management make decisions behind closed doors which doesn't instill confidence in teams. Team Leaders and Senior staff often don't have the support they need to manage both people and work. HR is based in US which means any negotiations take longer than they should.

Advice to Management

While there is a great deal of communication about the programs, much of it is reactive and the thinking behind strategic directions is secretive. Trust would go a long way to building loyalty.

Pros

Good company to work for and the job tasks are interesting with the support of talented individuals. Strategic direction is solid with the backing of the US parent company.

Cons

Quality processes can be lacking in some areas and need to followed by many employees. Due to rapid growth a new work site is seriously in order. Middle and uppermangement tend to make decisions behind closed doors and decisions are usually reactive.

Advice to Management

Take the time to listen to your engineers. They want to help if you support them. You career incentives need are good looking at because they dont exist, leaving a fairly unmotivated employees.