Lumen reviews

3.4

58% would recommend to a friend

(7,770 total reviews)
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Kate Johnson

71% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Lumen has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 7,770 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 Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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8K reviews
1.0
Mar 22, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

The job was fun, up until the point of where it wasn't. I enjoyed talking with our customers and overall, was able to provide quality service. The trainers, supervisors, and team members were very supportive, but were extremely taxed, and not able to assist right away because there was so much on their plate. They did try. My team was great, but we all felt the pressure.

Cons

The company is more profit-driven, rather than people-driven, & more than once I took a call from a very confused customer who had been sold a product that they really didn't understand, couldn't afford, or need, and when money (or getting that sale) comes over customers, it just doesn't sit right with me. Constant VPN issues. The training was actually quite short, and I feel they put us on the phones too quickly, there were many things that came up that we had no idea how to handle on our own, forms that had to be filled out, sales pitches that had to be made on every call, and keeping all of our ducks in a row became very stressful, especially when we were worried about keeping the customer on hold for too long while we scrambled to get help or an answer from our peers. I was supported, but not in the way that I needed. The constant VPN and Salesforce issues were the last straw.

2.0
Mar 20, 2024

time to eject

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Many positions are fully remote

Cons

No annual raises No clear company direction Top heavy with upper management Do not care about employees Employees are asked to think up product ideas to sell Little to no opportunity to diversify skillset or work with other technologies, unless it's all done on personal time, on personal expense.

3.0
Oct 2, 2023

Life is slowly improving

Recommend
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Pros

Since Kate Johnson has taken over the company I can see a lot of high level improvements. She has cleaned house of upper level managers that were against corporate change. She's brought on some of the best minds across many sectors, and aims to turn around the Lumen brand. I can see positive changes in the future, but it's got a long ways to go.

Cons

Long work hours, little life-work balance, low pay for well experienced and educated staff. Little recognition, antiquated computer systems that slow the efficiency of the forward progress. Old vehicle fleet that has the CenturyLink brand paired up with Quantum Fiber trailers. Brand identity struggles. Customers don't know who we are. No idea what my career ladder looks like. Right now it looks like a shallow pool, where I swim in circles.

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