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) , Customer Service Representative (85) , Project Manager (85) , 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 664 reviews)); "Good Work Life Balance and WFH" ((in 611 reviews)); "Regardless of other comments pay is good (historically higher than average for Denver) generally." ((in 475 reviews)); "Great people on the local level who truly care about their jobs and taking care of customers." ((in 435 reviews)); "good culture and feels like a team" ((in 175 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 391 reviews)); "Poor leadership at the top preaching about how the people are the foundation and then laying them off the next week." ((in 156 reviews)); "Lots of layoffs and re" ((in 146 reviews)); "As a result the majority of the good managers and directors that had the years retired." ((in 132 reviews)); "low salary and non timely promotions" ((in 130 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

(7,766 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 7,766 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

3.0

Apr 3, 2011

Good place to work especially for sandwich professionals

Lead software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Skill development opportunity, great perks and flexible working hours.

Cons

Base salary range from ocean to mountain and folks at the ocean level were affected by many lately applied policies.

3.0

Apr 2, 2011

The company is Old School.

Sales representative

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

they have a fun work environment free food every Friday Good management very good training program Commission is very good

Cons

fear due to the Century Link Buy out low starting pay Old systems to work on a slow network hard to get time off

4.0

Mar 28, 2011

Great place to work and would recommend it to others.

Site manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Career opportunities but each is in control of your career.

Cons

The management education reimbursement program was removed.

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