Great place to work, if you don't mind being underpaid - Lead Financial Analyst Lumen Employee Review

2.0
May 9, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Good people, and a relatively good culture. Social values are progressive yet compassionate for all points of view. Values DEI highly.

Cons

Lumen employees are at least 1 title level below others doing the same work in other companies. Therefore, nearly everyone is underpaid. Additionally, their "pay for performance" system is really a "pay for promotion" system, and promotions are tough to come by. Team managers spend all their energy advocating for raises for people well below market, so people only moderately below market don't get increases unless they move to different positions.

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5.0
Jun 24, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Easy to learn, manageable schedule, supportive management

Cons

Changes in systems with many malfunctions, confusing workflows, policies set with little guidance (like figure it out yourself)

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Lumen Response
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Thank you for leaving an honest review. Because of feedback like yours, we get better every day. Change can definitely be challenging. We believe in helping everyone to reach their full potential so we can all succeed together. We're glad you value our learning systems, agile working model, and management. Thank you again for your feedback. We're happy to have you on the team!
1.0
Jul 3, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Medical Benefits are very good. Not a lot of micromanagement unless your leader doesnt understand the resources to pull this info. AI is highly encouraged, not required... which is a nice balance.

Cons

Random layoffs every couple months. Kate Johnson doesn't understand the importance of credibility in this space. Q1 customer meetings are majority introduction meetings due to constant account realignment. Leadership pretends to believe they know these are large enterprise accounts, but their actions reflect a transactional sales approach.

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