Bloated and poorly managed company turning around for the better! - Lead Systems Engineer Lumen Employee Review

4.0
Oct 18, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

They have earnestly turned a corner to do better by their employees with benefits, resources, fair bonuses and pay raises. Attempting to re-shape their management structure and pull in the business needed to improve processes.

Cons

A lot of the process will take a lot of time to advance and become better because they need to complete the cycle of revenue growth, hiring right to fill the right gaps etc. which takes time. Internal investments don't pay off overnight and trickle down to better efficiencies like getting off of spreadsheets for things that should be in a data lake with well thought out applications shared across the organization. Like left hand and right hand knowing what each other are doing and double spending in some places and in others there are processes so tied down with bureaucracy that is trying to combat that that I have seen 30 people hours spent on meetings and e-mails to figure out what to do with a less than 10k purchase that should be passed on to a customer. Maybe apply if you are a good business analyst.... Could help out.

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Lumen Response
1y
Thank you for your transparency about your experience. We value your input. We want to hear from people like you to learn how we can do better. This will help us more clearly take any necessary action. We're glad to have you on board with us!

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5.0
Apr 8, 2026
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Pros

Fully remote, good pay and benefits, flexible schedule, great work life balance

Cons

Changing industry landscape, affected by lay offs

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Lumen Response
2mo
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!
2.0
May 13, 2026
Anonymous employee
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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