Metrics, expectation of everything every time. - Legacy Qwest - Customer Financial Services Lumen Employee Review

3.0
Aug 31, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Raise of over 6 dollars an hour in less than 2 years due to new position opening up (Occupational). Very good benefits, and 5000 a year for college that's not required to be work related. About 3 weeks in paid time off after a couple of years. 401K match, Pension vested after only 5 years. For the most part the coworkers that survive are reasonably intelligent and good people. After this job every other job would be cake.

Cons

After doing this job every other job would be cake. Very stressful position, basically 3 jobs in one, general customer service & billing questions, collections, and sales. Sales and collections are diametrically opposed psychologically speaking. Management style is micro, even if you are meeting monthly objectives seems like they are building a case to fire you rather than coach you. Ob Form for a call that is supposed to be 430 seconds or less has 16 or 17 items that are required. Spend a lot of time cleaning up and explaining accounts that other reps or vendors have fouled up. Centurylink not hiring for same position, appears to want to reduce staff.

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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
May 13, 2026
Anonymous employee
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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
3w
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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