Could be better - Software Developer Lumen Employee Review

2.0
Jul 18, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great team and coworkers, opportunity to work in huge enterprise environments and gain valuable experiences that would be difficult to obtain in other organizations, some of the upper middle managers genuinely listen and and provide solid guidance personally and professionally.

Cons

They will lay you off with absolutely no warning, and the layoffs are almost constant, cut cut cut until its they're short staffed then they bring back some of the same people as contractors, but mostly just outsourcing to India, if you are in India you should demand higher pay, their business troubles are related to making massive investments for the future but their only solution to their financial woes is to layoff staff and outsource, really uncreative upper management, and they skip over some of the middle upper management who have been holding the company together, those who should be running the company are skipped over for executive positions in favor of Steve Jobs wannabes who organize ted talk style corporate kool aid drinking sessions that add nothing of value to the company.

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Lumen Response
11mo
Thank you for sharing your experience with us. Unfortunately, at times, restructuring, reorganizations, or realignment to business realities is needed to drive our continued transformation and company growth. 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 truly appreciate your transparency and the feedback you provided. Thank you for all that you do at Lumen.

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5.0
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Pros

The people are friendly and helpful, the work is engaging, deadlines are flexible, collaboration is smooth

Cons

Moves slow at times, contractors are unreliable, projects can be delayed or outright scrapped after being worked on

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Lumen Response
6mo
Thank you for leaving a thoughtful review about your time at Lumen. We need feedback like yours to continue to make Lumen a great place to work. It's important to us that our teams are reliable, so we're sorry to hear that you faced some challenges. We're glad to learn that you took advantage of our supportive community and found your work engaging! We wish you all the best as you continue on with your career.
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Jun 24, 2026
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CEO approval
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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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