Legacy mid-level leadership is hurting moral - Customer Success Lumen Employee Review

3.0
Oct 20, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Good intentions to turn company around but it’s a big task.

Cons

Directors and VPs seem more concerned with politics than doing the right thing for employees and customers. They sing kumbaya in front of everyone and in the background, continue to support broken processes and political maneuvering to keep SLT happy. Someone has to take accountability for stopping broken processes that impact customers. including employee retention. I went to a competitor because an internal promotion was too slow. Meanwhile, watching the company promote many to VPs and Directors left and right is very demoralizing. Rank and file should be financially invented without making it a monumental task for approval.

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Lumen Response
1y
Thank you for sharing your experience with us. 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. Thank you for all the years you spent with us!

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5.0
Jun 24, 2026
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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
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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!
2.0
Jul 1, 2026
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Pros

Remote work, good health insurance

Cons

Lots of RIFs, poor technical leadership in the highest levels, lots of wasted money and resources on third party vendors and contractors to just abandon those projects or vendors in short order. Poorly thought out data management decisions. Company is trying their hardest to look like a modern tech company with modern values, but most of it is virtue signaling.

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