Lumen reviews

3.4

58% would recommend to a friend

(7,770 total reviews)
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71% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Lumen has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 7,770 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Lumen employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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2.0
Apr 24, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Work remotely, flexible work time, good vacation time for senior employees

Cons

No longer value expert technical experts with only the bottom line being looked at.....spent so much in the merger with Qwest and trying to combine all applications, that they have run out of money and are laying off all their best employees

1.0
Apr 24, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

-Union guarantees raises -Great health benefits -Lots of initial training given (2-3 months) -Tenured coworkers willing to share knowledge if needed

Cons

-simply does not care about what is good for customers -sales practices could be described as "slimy", although this could be a reflection of the telecom industry as a whole -not an easy company to work with from the standpoint of a small business owner -employees are generally unprofessional in demeanor, abilities, and dress -IT is vastly outdated, still running MS-DOS with sporadic GUI programs, which are very slow -very little accountability -overall talent displayed in employees of all levels is lacking -management incompetence across the board -supervisors are generally clueless -middle management doesn't listen to suggestions of those below them -upper management alloof, doesn't ask for feedback or listen to management below them -management will turn a blind eye to slamming/cramming if perpetrator is hitting sales numbers, although this seemed to be changing the further the Qwest-Centurylink merger developed -management treats employees like children

2.0
Apr 18, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Great Benefits Good Pay on scale Challenging CEO Good stewards of company assets and capital Good values Focus on sales

Cons

Cheap Lack of good training support Lack of well trained managers and leaders Former Qwest "buddy" culture Former telecommunications culture Super low risk for sales No culture

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