Lumen reviews

3.4

57% would recommend to a friend

(7,779 total reviews)
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Kate Johnson

70% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

Lumen has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 7,779 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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5.0
Mar 24, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Competitive salary, flexible work schedule, work from home occasionally, good benefits, great vacation and holidays off, great work / life balance, great camaraderie with colleagues within the team and across different departments, trustful managers and directors. The company paid for me to relocate, they paid for my PMP certification, offered training courses that I took advantage of and have supported my career goals.

Cons

Lots of red tape and sometimes focused on projects that were more politically motivated than revenue motivated. With the recent layoffs occurring across the company due to the merger with CenturyLink, there has not been a good transition put in place to ensure that gaps and fallouts don't become an issue, negatively impacting the quality and customer experience. Sometimes upper management wants to do too much in a short amount of time in a dept that is understaffed (because of the layoffs and natural attrition) and this causes too confusion and a lot of inefficiencies.

1.0
Mar 22, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

training was good. trainer was incredible. good coffee.

Cons

... it's no joke that the training phrase was we were to be 'feeling for cash and change in customer's pockets with pocket lint under our fingernails' when they are crippled by this economy. on-site supervision was lacking, poor at best. i was sold on a sales job with the promise of greener pastures and more money than i would know what to do with. it turns out, the upsell factor was accomplishable for some but not most. competitors charging a fraction for the same service leaves little resources for this position. your performance is based on your sales, as well as your compensation. you can leave there feeling like a 'winner' selling high speed internet to little old ladies who are so confused by products and promotions not to mention they don't even own a computer, or like a 'loser' because your conscience gets in the way. i chose to be a loser.

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