Mergers have created chaos,cronyism, and micro-managed environment - Anonymous employee Lumen Employee Review

2.0
Jan 22, 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Salary and benefits are still very good. Glen Post and Karen Puckett are excellent at what they do and are deserving of our confidence.

Cons

The mergers have been managed badly as far as lower level employees are concerned. Legacy employees have been stripped of their knowledge and job tasks and given nothing in return for their dedication and help. Control, and job tasks, during these mergers, have been decided by manipulation and cronyism. Internal power struggles abound. Upper management has allowed legacy employees to be badly-used by control seeking managers from mergers. Too many middle managers and project managers are causing a micro-managed environment. Processes are being developed that promote cronyism and power transfers instead of efficiency and productivity.

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Thank you for sharing your thoughts. Because of feedback like yours, we get better every day. We're sorry to read that you have had negative experiences with the changing industry landscape due to layoffs. These decisions are difficult and not something we take lightly. Lumen understands the impacts these events have on our employees and provides support and guidance through the challenging transitions. We're glad to hear that you valued our agile working model, compensation practices, benefits, and work-life balance. We are committed to ensuring that we can all succeed together. Thank you again for your feedback. We truly wish you the best of luck!
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Thank you for your transparency about your experience. We want to hear from people like you to learn how we can do better. We are sorry to hear about your experience. Lumen is taking a proactive approach to pay equity and regularly conducts market reviews to ensure Lumen's pay is market competitive, positioning us at the forefront of compensation best practices. Your review will help us take any necessary action. We're glad you value work-life balance, our people, and leadership. Please reach out to us at CTLHRActionTeam@lumen.com if you would like to discuss anything further with your review. Thanks for being part of the team.
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