Used to be better - Senior Network Implementation Engineer Lumen Employee Review

2.0
10 Jan 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Flexible schedule and good work life balance

Cons

It feels like a failing company anymore. The name change to Lumen seems like a last ditch effort to save the company but the new name is barely recognized by anyone and wasn't communicated to the public and has confused most customers more than anything. Most customers think Lumen either bought CenturyLink or that Lumen is a contractor for CenturyLink. Vehicles and buildings are still not rebranded causing even more confusion. Management will not listen to their employees suggestions for improvement and those suggestions that make their way to upper management are just discarded or edited to hide the the real issues and to protect director level employees, which just leads to the company throwing more money at issues instead of making meaningful changes to policies and practices. Every process within the company is now just extremely long and complicated. In an effort to improve processes, new systems and processes are rolled out before they are ready, they ultimately fail, which cripples productivity. Even when they function as designed the systems and processes are generally not an improvement for anyone except management and adds time and complexity to lower level employees who are already understaffed and overworked. Which ends up with a poor customer experience.

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5.0
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Pros

Fully remote, good pay and benefits, flexible schedule, great work life balance

Cons

Changing industry landscape, affected by lay offs

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Lumen Response
2mo
Thank you for sharing your thoughts. Because of feedback like yours, we get better every day. We're sorry to read that you have had negative experiences with the changing industry landscape due to layoffs. 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. We're glad to hear that you valued our agile working model, compensation practices, benefits, and work-life balance. We are committed to ensuring that we can all succeed together. Thank you again for your feedback. We truly wish you the best of luck!
2.0
13 May 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

work life balance, excellent time off so long as manager doesn’t micromanage/track and limit FTO, nice people, leadership has turned the business around.

Cons

No pay raises even with great performance review (5years with zero raise) No career growth/progression - been on a high-performing team for 5 years and not one person on the team has been progressed or promoted during that time. Little opportunity for career advancement and growth New jobs within the company are going to external hires, not much grwoth for current employees

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Lumen Response
2w
Thank you for your transparency about your experience. We want to hear from people like you to learn how we can do better. We are sorry to hear about your experience. Lumen is taking a proactive approach to pay equity and regularly conducts market reviews to ensure Lumen's pay is market competitive, positioning us at the forefront of compensation best practices. Your review will help us take any necessary action. We're glad you value work-life balance, our people, and leadership. Please reach out to us at CTLHRActionTeam@lumen.com if you would like to discuss anything further with your review. Thanks for being part of the team.
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