Does Lumentum Operations pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Lumentum Operations employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.3 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Lumentum Operations. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Lumentum Operations?

45% of Lumentum Operations employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Lumentum Operations 3.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.1 for culture and values and 2.9 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Lumentum Operations?

Engineer (33) , Software Engineer (17) , Staff Engineer (17) , Intern (13) , Process Engineer (10) , Process Technician (10) , Project Manager (9) , Senior Engineer (9) , Manager (7) , Optical Engineer (6) , Quality Engineer (6) , Analyst (5) , Hardware Engineer (5) , Mechanical Engineer (5) , Sales (5)

What are the pros of working at Lumentum Operations according to real employee reviews?

"People are nice and hardworking" ((in 45 reviews)); "Company provide very good benefit considering employment in Thailand." ((in 32 reviews)); "It is a great environment and culture that I looked forward to going to every day." ((in 30 reviews)); "Good salary and benefits with lower work requirements than typical Si valley company" ((in 23 reviews)); "Good pay too." ((in 23 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Lumentum Operations according to real employee reviews?

"poor management with artificial facia" ((in 22 reviews)); "Huge amounts of hiring and then large scale annual layoffs, no chance of promotion once you have joined." ((in 21 reviews)); "Bad work life balance and lack of ownership" ((in 17 reviews)); "2) Upper management doesn't interested in this site." ((in 13 reviews)); "Do not have clear career path and growth opportunity." ((in 7 reviews))

What are employees saying about Lumentum Operations layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Lumentum Operations layoffs and their outlook for job security at Lumentum Operations in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Lumentum Operations locations?

San Jose , Milpitas , Denver , Bloomfield , Columbus , Fremont , Manassas , Kalamazoo , Tulsa , Saint Paul , California City , San Diego , San Francisco , Morgan Hill , Santa Clara , Saratoga , Jacksonville , Orlando , Norcross , Dallas-Fort Worth

Lumentum Operations reviews

3.3

45% would recommend to a friend

(477 total reviews)

Michael Hurlston

16% approve of CEO

35% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.5

Diversity & inclusion

3.3

Compensation and benefits

3.2

Work/Life balance

3.1

Culture & values

2.9

Career opportunities

2.7

Senior management

Lumentum Operations has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 477 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Lumentum Operations employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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Reviews by job title

477 reviews

3.0

Mar 2, 2017

good technology, sub par management

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

my boss was great to work for, well organized, respected his employees. intriguing tech up to date tools

Cons

upper management is incompetent unreasonable project timelines

Lumentum Operations Response

7y

We whole-heartedly support your advice to management and agree that our continued success is due to the hard work and dedication of our employees. In fact, one of our key guiding principle is to “Make Lumentum a Great Place to Work – Develop and Motivate our Employees.” We keep our Guiding Principles in the forefront during the course of our doing business.

3.0

Feb 13, 2017

What they say, they don't mean

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Pay is decent. People friendly.

Cons

management is a wreck. no planning, everything is ad hoc or plan as you go. internal politics. business management, very inflexible.

Lumentum Operations Response

7y

Thank you for sharing your opinion and experiences here with others. We really do have some very wonderful employees here at Lumentum who are doing amazing things every day. We are sorry to hear that your experience with us was not ideal.

3.0

Apr 1, 2016

I love my job, executive management sucks

Mfg engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits, especially health care insurance are excellent. If you are good at what you do as an individual contributor and your manager supports or ignores you, you can do whatever you want. I work on interesting, challenging and useful projects. I've done the best work in my career here. I look forward to going to work every day. Local management is supportive but limited in what they can do to improve my performance. I get paid very well as an HCE, so I have no complaints there. If your are good at what you do, this is the place for you. Because you can deal with all the Cons below.

Cons

Infrastructure functions like IT, HR, EHS and facilities are dysfunctional and incompetent. The company doesn't like to spend money to keep up with industry capability. I get to work with obsolete, less capable, impaired and unsupported tools. Executive management is from the disc drive industry and have no clue what a compound semiconductor is. Executive management does not embrace the concept of investing for capability improvement or maintenance. Executive management is totally incompetent, the board of directors should fire them all and seek competent replacements.

Lumentum Operations Response

9y

Thank you for your considerable feedback. We are happy to hear you are enjoying the scope and nature of your work and the time you spend here each day. We do value your opinion and will take it into consideration moving forward.

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Jobs at Lumentum Operations

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