Good place to become redundant - Lead Engineer Lumen Employee Review

2.0
Feb 3, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Decent bonus for engineers. Some decent people. OK benefits, but not competitive.

Cons

No salary increases. Lack of trust and a culture of excessive scrutiny and micro management. Spend more time reporting on time utilisation to various entities than actual work. Appraisal process is classed as continuous assessment and is too intrusive. Training by TEMU. Lots of opportunity for redundancy.

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Lumen Response
4mo
Thank you for sharing your feedback with us. We value your input. We're sorry to hear about your experience at Lumen. In support of team, trust, and transparency, Lumen is committed to equitable pay for employees, across gender and race, doing substantially similar work based on skill, effort, responsibility, and working conditions. 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. One of our core principles is "Trust" which means we are always trying to be vulnerable, promote authenticity, and empower others to fully demonstrate trust. We're glad to hear that you value our benefits, bonuses, and people. Thank you again for your feedback, and thank you for your hard work!

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Cons

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Lumen Response
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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!
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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
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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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