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 662 reviews)); "Good Work Life Balance and WFH" ((in 599 reviews)); "Regardless of other comments pay is good (historically higher than average for Denver) generally." ((in 460 reviews)); "Great people on the local level who truly care about their jobs and taking care of customers." ((in 443 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 387 reviews)); "Poor leadership at the top preaching about how the people are the foundation and then laying them off the next week." ((in 155 reviews)); "Lots of layoffs and re" ((in 151 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 127 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

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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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5.0

Nov 25, 2012

Tremendous place to work for commuters

Anonymous employee

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Pros

Great work life balance for many people with small children

Cons

Integration of two companies. Qwest and Centurylink.

2.0

Nov 17, 2012

Not A good place for a fresher developer - a personal experience

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Doesnt seem like an offshore American company;Employees could drop in and leave anytime they like,roam around and shout in their own vernacular or could come wearing the same clothes you slept on the previous night.Only few projects are good and rest are all petty maintenance stuffs that any graduate can do.

Cons

Managers are incompetent, and so are team leads because they dont care about the welfare of the employees.They arent friendly either.Appraisals,ratings etc are fully biased and not according to the work done.Your chance of going abroad???Leave your work and get in touch with the right people.

5.0

Nov 14, 2012

They know where they are going.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

They are making good decisions about aquiring assets and integrating them into their existing base.

Cons

It's a very large environment to undertsand.

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