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 701 reviews)); "Good work life balance and flexible" ((in 623 reviews)); "Regardless of other comments pay is good (historically higher than average for Denver) generally." ((in 463 reviews)); "Great people on the local level who truly care about their jobs and taking care of customers." ((in 447 reviews)); "Good culture and down to earth coworkers" ((in 185 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 389 reviews)); "Lots of layoffs and re" ((in 157 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)); "As a result the majority of the good managers and directors that had the years retired." ((in 136 reviews)); "low salary and non timely promotions" ((in 132 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

(7,767 total reviews)

Kate Johnson

72% 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 7,767 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

4.0

Aug 15, 2010

Qwest Career

Manager, finance

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Pay is at the higher end of the scale, benefits are good, but are being more restricted. For the most part interesting and diverse workforce, the employees are generally super people.

Cons

Only mobility is genreally lateral. Promotions are still based on the "good Ol' Boy" network of who is going to be promoted and advanced. Not a meritocracy. Promotions are handed out based on favoritism. Not a place to have any career advancement.

3.0

Aug 13, 2010

downsizing dominiates everything

Program manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

benefits, co-workers, location and product discounts

Cons

less than marketplace pay and incentives

4.0

Aug 12, 2010

out the door

Fin analyst iii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

fair overall but kc folks were being overlooked for consideration

Cons

good people but no future w co

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