No career here-- unless you are upper management - Customer Service Lumen Employee Review

2.0
May 12, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great affordable benefits, work with good team members, and usually even your supervisors will do what they can to help you succeed. A good start to get experience. PTO, sick days allow for amazing ability to have a nice work life balance, and there are health programs to help you stay healthy that the company pays for and *pays you* for if you participate.

Cons

In the big picture, this company is in decline. They are downsizing and going over 'metrics' cutting or moving departments- putting poorly trained people in the place of more experienced reps to further cut costs. - Click to chat jobs are being outsourced to other companies in other countries. Also customer care, and retention. -These call centers to do not reflect CTL values. (Not to mention not having enough techs in many areas, so they are using contractors in areas of the country- some are better than CTL techs, some are not.) I was part of the a support team that helped fix all the broken orders, we were elites in our field. -- Then corporate decided that they were going to move that department to Monroe LA, and everyone in these departments in 2 call centers lost their jobs- but weren't offered anything but a demotion so no *unemployment* would need to be payed. So they moved us to customer care-- Pays were cut, moral was low, the career path and stability was removed for all of us.--- You will never have a career here--- This company now only offers jobs, and you will fill that job. There is no 'department' to aspire to get to, or a real career. Only real jobs that have stability and a career path are in Monroe, LA if you are going to do call center work.

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5.0
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Pros

Easy to learn, manageable schedule, supportive management

Cons

Changes in systems with many malfunctions, confusing workflows, policies set with little guidance (like figure it out yourself)

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Lumen Response
3w
Thank you for leaving an honest review. Because of feedback like yours, we get better every day. Change can definitely be challenging. We believe in helping everyone to reach their full potential so we can all succeed together. We're glad you value our learning systems, agile working model, and management. Thank you again for your feedback. We're happy to have you on the team!
1.0
Jul 3, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Medical Benefits are very good. Not a lot of micromanagement unless your leader doesnt understand the resources to pull this info. AI is highly encouraged, not required... which is a nice balance.

Cons

Random layoffs every couple months. Kate Johnson doesn't understand the importance of credibility in this space. Q1 customer meetings are majority introduction meetings due to constant account realignment. Leadership pretends to believe they know these are large enterprise accounts, but their actions reflect a transactional sales approach.

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Lumen Response
1w
Thank you for sharing your feedback with us. We value your input. We're disappointed to hear about your experience at Lumen. Unfortunately, at times, restructuring, reorganizations, or realignment to business realities is needed to drive our continued transformation and company growth. These decisions are difficult and not something we take lightly. Lumen understands the impacts these events have on our employees and provides support and guidance through the challenging transitions. Please reach out to us at CTLHRActionTeam@lumen.com if you would like to discuss anything further. We're glad you value our medical benefits and AI integration. Thank you again for your feedback. We appreciate your hard work!
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