New Employee Reasons People Stay/Frustrations
Hey everyone, throw away account. I started working at Lockheed 2 years ago and have just been frustrated with changes since I joined and wanted to make a post to get other's opinions and get it off my mind.
I started as an intern on a program where I was told about the getting a masters gives you a +2 year boost on the promotion track and saw people finish their masters then get promoted from it. So I applied to programs and got into a top in person program. I came back after undergrad working full time and doing a part time masters in person. In 6 months the program went under while I was told we had funding for the next 10 years. So I switched programs and continued with the masters.
After completing the masters I was told they no longer do the +2 years, even though talking to others on the new program they got a bump up before the policy change. While that was happening management pushed off promoting me 6 months for a level 2 promotion after telling me I got it (also a situation where is takes one to two days to send it to HR). This was also happening while I was being told I was doing a great job and given more responsibilities.
So it just feels like with recent policies there is really no incentive for new employees to stay if another company will honor a grad degree. It also seems Lockheed is a place to work if you want a stable career with steady job growth, but experiences/what others have said don't line up with that. With the high turn around rate I've seen as well I was wondering why people end up staying? And thanks for reading all the way through/sorry if I rambled on some parts.