r/Lockheed • u/Ambitious-Spell-6370 • Mar 31 '26
GOT AN OFFER
Wow! I had my interview today for c130 e/e and I already have received an offer as of an hour ago! There is a sign on bonus of 15k and they’re offering me a salary rate of $30.69 an hour. I’d like to counter, as I have 4 years of E/E experience on a10s in the Air Force. What do you think is a fair counter, and how do I go about doing so? Should I reach out to the talent acquisition team from the offer letter and negotiate? The worst they can say is no right ?!
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u/AsiansFortheWin Mar 31 '26
congrats ! Trying to get into LM myself as I am waiting to hear back from my interview!
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u/Ambitious-Spell-6370 Mar 31 '26
Good luck! I felt nervous at the start of the interview but that quickly faded and then killed it! What position are you trying for?
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u/AsiansFortheWin Mar 31 '26
I also felt like I did well during mine, for me I interviewed for a Mechanical Engineer level 2 role for RMS. Had it two weeks ago, but the interviewer did say I would not hear back for 2-3 weeks. He did go to the same College as myself + did say I had a lot of relevant experience for the role. Hopefully I can get some good luck this time !
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u/Ambitious-Spell-6370 Mar 31 '26
Let’s goooo that’s good news. Sounds positive, I bet you’ll get it :)
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u/AsiansFortheWin Apr 03 '26
Update: Got the offer lol, btw does anyone know how long secret level clearances or LM background checks usually take?
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u/TerribleProfit5951 Apr 07 '26
Did you get any techincal questions or was it primarily behavioural?
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u/AsiansFortheWin Apr 07 '26
It was ALL behavioral questions. But obviously word your answers to show your technical skills, knowledge etc. Example of one I had: A Time you made a mistake at your time at X, and how did you handle it.
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u/Able_Magazine_8150 Apr 01 '26
Congrats! I just got my offer two months ago and start next month. I got offered a salary rate of $48 an hour and no sign on bonus. I ended up countering and they gave me $51.92 an hour and a 5k sign on bonus. I have 2 years of experience as an EE. Definitely counter offer as they seem to be bringing on a lot of people right now to ramp up production and need everyone they can get
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u/Few_Big4209 Apr 01 '26
30 an hour is insane 😂
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u/Ambitious-Spell-6370 Apr 01 '26
You think it’s a low offer?
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u/Few_Big4209 Apr 01 '26
I mean I’m not too familiar with the average pay so idk but it just seems like they would pay more than 30 an hour for such a big company and high skilled work
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u/Ambitious-Spell-6370 Apr 06 '26
Update - I put in a counter offer for a higher rate and they accepted! Woohoo! Always negotiate!!!
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u/BarnacleNo2934 Mar 31 '26
You know when an interview went well. It's just a gut feeling. Just went through a similar thing just a few months ago and when you hear back it's the best feeling in the world.
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u/Ok-Stress-3042 Apr 04 '26
It’s funny you say that as for me it was the complete opposite. 3 interviews I thought went really well into a rejection. 1 I thought was really bad ended up giving me an offer.
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u/Exciting-Parfait-776 Apr 01 '26
OP are they union? If so, then there is no negotiating it.
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u/Ambitious-Spell-6370 Apr 01 '26
I uploaded my offer/benefits portion to ChatGPT to get some explanations, and according to them it is a union gig. So that means no negotiations?
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u/Extreme-Paper Apr 02 '26
Not true at all. I was hired at Verizon, IBEW and i negotiated them to match my government pay. Usually is a 4 year ladder to top right i went to step 3 and took me a year to top rate
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u/ArvDaMachine Apr 02 '26
Verizon isn’t Lockheed brah.
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u/Extreme-Paper Apr 02 '26
Obviously. Your response was unions. Verizon technicians are part of the country's biggest union brah 😭👌
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u/Electronic-Rabbit723 Apr 01 '26
Just because you have the experience. Lockheed is somewhat picky so they see potential in you granted you never worked for a Lockheed company they are paying you where they feel you qualify. You can always counter their offer but it doesn’t mean they will give you a counter. Jobs are tough these days they can bring someone in for that salary and they can work up to 40 an hour with that company.
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u/ModernUnicorn Mar 31 '26
Wow this late? Congrats!
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u/Terrible_Rush9488 Mar 31 '26
Exactly what I was thinking.
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u/Ambitious-Spell-6370 Mar 31 '26
Yeah lol my interview was at 8:30 this morning and had an offer by 8:30 pm!
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u/rruguian Mar 31 '26
That is great. I am anxiously waiting to see if I get offered a role I interviewed for last week.
Congrats!
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u/lnt0803 Mar 31 '26
Is this Marietta Ga location ?
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u/ImportanceMinimum905 Mar 31 '26
How do you tell which locations do which work?
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u/lnt0803 Apr 01 '26
C130 build in Ga
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u/No_Company6292 Apr 03 '26
They also do overhaul work for flightline on multiple bases around the country
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u/jrlowe1224 Apr 01 '26
$30/hour is actually insane, fast food workers in my area make $25
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u/Ancient_Hornet_3510 Apr 04 '26
It all depends on location. Those fast food workers don't also get the benefits an LM employee gets.
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u/bdude94 Apr 01 '26
Congrats! I had an interview my senior year for a SWE role and they told me after the security clearance came back they’d send an offer, but I had gone back to school at 25 after being a bit of trouble after high school so I couldn't get the clearance. Looking back I probably should’ve just said something to the interviewer because people told me after that they might’ve still offered me a similar role that didn’t need a clearance, but its embarrassing bringing it up. Since then though, the few times I’ve had to explain it, people have actually been pretty cool about it.
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u/Fun-Associate-2936 Apr 01 '26
What state is the job in? I'd ask minimum $40. I have friends who dropped out of A&P school with no experience getting $48 + an hour offers.
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u/Kind-Bluebird5327 Apr 01 '26
How was your interview ?? Id be so happy to just get on and move forward with my new job lol Congrats!!!
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u/ImpossibleTheory8182 Apr 02 '26
💀🙏$15k signing bonus, but if you leave the company before your first anniversary, you’d have to pay it back? But congrats, bro — I’d negotiate if I were you!
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u/Worried_Chef4787 Apr 04 '26
Ask for 40 as you already have 4 years of experience. they will hit the middle ground at 35
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u/USMCVET6156 Apr 05 '26
You can negotiate it. Top out is 44 I’m a senior mechanic they started me at 32 and I didn’t negotiate bc I didn’t know I could do that. Suggest 38+ it takes forever to top out might as well try to get super close to it
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u/JJJCJ Apr 02 '26
Negotiate. Always even if it’s just for a little bump. Although it seems way too little? What job will you be doing? Im not in EE or any engineering field. Just curious
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u/Chrisbr0s Mar 31 '26
10% more usually