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Lockheed Martin Space Systems provides high-tech, challenging work to its engineers in the software, systems, electronic, mechanical, thermal, optics, and other disciplines. Lockheed Martin Space Systems provides company-sponsored training, both technical and non-technical, to their employees. Lockheed Martin Space Systems will reimburse education costs for job-related technical training and job-related advanced degree programs given by accredited universities and colleges. Course-work may be completed on-campus or on-line. Lockheed Martin Space Systems provides good medical and non-medical group insurance and retirement benefits to its employees. Lockheed Martin Space Systems provides its employees modern (although sometimes not state-of-the-art) tools and equipment in the work-place.
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The size of the work force at Lockheed Martin Space Systems is highly dependent of the whims of Department of Defense spending. The technology that Lockheed Martin Space Systems develops is high-tech, but it is also old. The first 5 hours of over-time worked each week at Lockheed Martin Space Systems is gratis to the company. After working the first 5 hours, of over-time, you can be paid for additional over-time worked if your manager approves. Lockheed Martin Space Systems does not cash-out excess vacation accumulation. Also, you effectively forfeit any earned vacation while you hold the excess accumulation (i.e., you don't accumulate the earned vacation).