A good place to work at, but I see myself sticking around for too long - Avis employé Aeronautical Engineer Lockheed Martin

I joined this company with high hopes of making a big impact. Since I started I really applied myself and got good reviews and then the first "raise" came along, and the second, third, fourth. Raises that don't show a lot of appreciation for the employees. In the meantime, I saw friends leave to work at competing companies and get raises that you would not get at Lockheed after 5 years of excellent performance. It's a real motivation killer to not be valued by the company. Needless to say, after I finish my graduate degree, I'm out. I wanted to retire here but loyalty and hard work are not well compensated. The work is also extremely easy, with tons of people reviewing/meddling in your tasks which allows for no ownership and kills creativity as everything is just cranking the wheel. Why put effort into something when 6 other people after you will come in and change most of the work anyways. Nitpicking whether a word should be capitalized, and similar nuances that the customer surely doesn't care about but just wastes time.