It's about luck, not about anything else. - Center Sales and Service Lumen Employee Review

2.0
Jan 28, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

They do offer great benefits. Reasonable accommodations for the workers. People themselves are nice, friendly and supportive.

Cons

Unreasonable metrics create an atmosphere of fear and stress. Coworkers will try and pawn work of on you so they can move onto sales. Mistakes by other associates aren't fixed as they aren't a sale. Incredibly high turnover as they don't care as much about customer service as they do about lining their own pockets. Good luck getting any time off. Too much of the job is luck of the draw on the calls you get. There is some salesmanship involved, but too many of the associates are not interested in the customer, just keeping their job. That creates more work when the customer calls back as the order wasn't done correctly, or not explained fully before the associate hurries to the next sale.

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Pros

The people are friendly and helpful, the work is engaging, deadlines are flexible, collaboration is smooth

Cons

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Lumen Response
6mo
Thank you for leaving a thoughtful review about your time at Lumen. We need feedback like yours to continue to make Lumen a great place to work. It's important to us that our teams are reliable, so we're sorry to hear that you faced some challenges. We're glad to learn that you took advantage of our supportive community and found your work engaging! We wish you all the best as you continue on with your career.
2.0
May 13, 2026
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Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

work life balance, excellent time off so long as manager doesn’t micromanage/track and limit FTO, nice people, leadership has turned the business around.

Cons

No pay raises even with great performance review (5years with zero raise) No career growth/progression - been on a high-performing team for 5 years and not one person on the team has been progressed or promoted during that time. Little opportunity for career advancement and growth New jobs within the company are going to external hires, not much grwoth for current employees

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Lumen Response
3w
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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