Is Lumen a good company to work for as a Software Developer?

Software Developer professionals working at Lumen have rated their employer with 3.6 out of 5 stars in 325 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of Lumen employees being 3.4 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Developer Jobs at Lumen now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Developer interview questions at Lumen .

Does Lumen pay Software Developer employees well?

Software Developer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Lumen with 3.4 out of 5 stars based on 325 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is equal to the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Developer salaries at Lumen.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Lumen?

Software Engineer (279) , Senior Software Engineer (154) , Account Manager (150) , Manager (102) , Network Technician (86) , Project Manager (85) , Customer Service Representative (84) , Network Engineer (84) , Account Director (69) , Sales (62) , Director (60) , Software Developer (59) , 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 677 reviews)); "Schedule is flexible and good for work/life balance" ((in 619 reviews)); "The pay is good and the product line is broad" ((in 469 reviews)); "Great people on the local level who truly care about their jobs and taking care of customers." ((in 441 reviews)); "good culture and feels like a team" ((in 187 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 389 reviews)); "Poor leadership at the top preaching about how the people are the foundation and then laying them off the next week." ((in 157 reviews)); "Lots of layoffs and re" ((in 152 reviews)); "As a result the majority of the good managers and directors that had the years retired." ((in 137 reviews)); "low salary and non timely promotions" ((in 136 reviews))

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3.6

86% would recommend to a friend

(325 total reviews)

Kate Johnson

82% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

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4.5

Work/Life balance

4.3

Diversity & inclusion

4.0

Culture & values

3.4

Compensation and benefits

3.4

Career opportunities

3.3

Senior management

Software Developer Engineer employees have rated Lumen with 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 325 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Lumen is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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325 reviews

3.0

Jul 30, 2014

Good company if you are at higher position but not recommended for freshers at all

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good thing is bonus is not part of your ctc timings are not an issue facilities are good work life balance is good, infact no work load onsite is a big pus, if you are critical to your application

Cons

most of the project are legacy application and no learning at all no parties, no team outings hike is the major issue from past few years PROMOTION is big issue, there are many software engineer with 6+ years of experience

3.0

Jul 20, 2014

It was very good learning experience for me, since I started my career here.

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The company has a great work environment, and most of the people I interacted are highly skilled. Very good learning experience.

Cons

The only problem I had was that the compensation was not great.

3.0

Jul 4, 2014

Life Balance

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good People. Not much pressure of work. Relaxed environment.

Cons

Compensation is very less as compared to Market standards. Hike in single digits from last 3 yrs. Not much work, so cannot grow until you have self desire to learn.

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Good company if you are at higher position but not recommended for freshers at all

It was very good learning experience for me, since I started my career here.

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