Does Lumen pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Lumen employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Lumen. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Lumen?

58% of Lumen employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Lumen 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.4 for culture and values and 3.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Lumen?

Software Engineer (279) , Senior Software Engineer (153) , Account Manager (148) , Manager (102) , Network Technician (86) , Project Manager (85) , Customer Service Representative (84) , Network Engineer (84) , Account Director (69) , Sales (62) , Director (60) , Software Developer (58) , Engineer (54) , Broadband Technician (51) , Sales Engineer (49)

What are the pros of working at Lumen according to real employee reviews?

"Benefits are good and the actual fiber network is good once it is up and running." ((in 695 reviews)); "Schedule is flexible and good for work/life balance" ((in 607 reviews)); "Regardless of other comments pay is good (historically higher than average for Denver) generally." ((in 469 reviews)); "Great people on the local level who truly care about their jobs and taking care of customers." ((in 444 reviews)); "Good culture and down to earth coworkers" ((in 180 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Lumen according to real employee reviews?

"Management is poor and inexperienced as to how to deal with this." ((in 385 reviews)); "Poor leadership at the top preaching about how the people are the foundation and then laying them off the next week." ((in 154 reviews)); "Lots of layoffs and re" ((in 150 reviews)); "As a result the majority of the good managers and directors that had the years retired." ((in 138 reviews)); "No training and no escalation processes for when a new employee needs on the job help." ((in 135 reviews))

What are employees saying about Lumen layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Lumen layoffs and their outlook for job security at Lumen in 2026.

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3.4

58% would recommend to a friend

(7,769 total reviews)

Kate Johnson

71% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Work/Life balance

3.8

Diversity & inclusion

3.4

Culture & values

3.4

Compensation and benefits

3.1

Career opportunities

3.0

Senior management

Lumen has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 7,769 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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8K reviews

1.0

Jan 30, 2012

No Service for the Customers

Customer service representative

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work at Home, 5 days a week

Cons

Pay is AWFUL, no benefits. They seem to hire temp workers so they can just fire at will. No screening of potential employees for skills and/or experience.

2.0

Jan 29, 2012

Embarq is no more and that's a good thing

Billing representative

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good benefits, especially tuition assistance.

Cons

apathetic management who don't want to get involved to solve issues.

1.0

Jan 29, 2012

Horrible

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits, great co-workers (those that are left)

Cons

poor pay, poor work environment, draconian attendance policy, putting profits over customers and employees.

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