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An intense focus on customer experience and a passionate, talented workforce, we offer our employees the opportunity to work on technology, projects and services found only at a leading network solutions provider.

How employees describe working at Lumen (formerly CenturyLink)

i am retired formally from centurylong and trying too get help on the in tenet is impossible. to call takes many transfers and extremely long time

I AM RETIRED FOR SOMETIME

Customer service! and have a human being answer the phone when there is trouble!!! Two hours to get a live person is awful! There are over 100 phones out and we couldn't get in personal touch w/you. Only when we called that we had a business line out did we get a live person.

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What it's like to work at Lumen (formerly CenturyLink)

  • Lumen (formerly CenturyLink) employees generally work 9.3 hrs a day
  • Employees at Lumen (formerly CenturyLink) report the work pace is extremely fast
  • On a typical day, employees at Lumen (formerly CenturyLink) have 0 meetings
  • 78% of Lumen (formerly CenturyLink) employees look forward to interacting with their team every day
  • Lumen (formerly CenturyLink) employees most often take 20-30 paid vacation and sick days each year
  • 53% of Lumen (formerly CenturyLink) employees report they are happy with their work life balance
  • Lumen (formerly CenturyLink) employees never get valuable feedback on how to improve at work
  • 57% of Lumen (formerly CenturyLink) employees call their work environment negative

Q&A With Lumen (formerly CenturyLink) Employees

Aggregated Employee Answer on Comparably

  • Lumen (formerly CenturyLink) Sales team rates their overall benefits a C- and most of them think the perks are Bad. 65% of Lumen (formerly CenturyLink) employees in Sales say they are satisfied with their benefits. The majority of employees in Sales also get Unlimited of paid vacation, and most of them believe the cash value of their benefits is less than $500/mo.

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Aggregated Employee Answer on Comparably

  • Lumen (formerly CenturyLink) IT team rates their overall benefits a D- and most of them think the perks are Terrible. 42% of Lumen (formerly CenturyLink) employees in IT say they are satisfied with their benefits. The majority of employees in IT also get 0-10 days of paid vacation, and most of them believe the cash value of their benefits is less than $500/mo.

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Aggregated Employee Answer on Comparably

  • Lumen (formerly CenturyLink) Engineering team rates their overall benefits a D and most of them think the perks are Neutral. 50% of Lumen (formerly CenturyLink) employees in Engineering say they are satisfied with their benefits. The majority of employees in Engineering also get Unlimited of paid vacation, and most of them believe the cash value of their benefits is $500 -$1000/mo.

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Aggregated Employee Answer on Comparably

  • 20% of the same employees also feel like Lumen (formerly CenturyLink) is invested in their career growth. On average, majority of employees do not have a mentor to help them navigate their career at Lumen (formerly CenturyLink).

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Aggregated Employee Answer on Comparably

  • Lumen (formerly CenturyLink) Sales team rates their manager a C or 65/100 and the majority believe their manager truly cares about them as a person. The sales team (70%) also feels pretty comfortable providing negative feedback directly to their boss.

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Aggregated Employee Answer on Comparably

  • Lumen (formerly CenturyLink) IT team rates their manager a D- or 50/100 and the majority do not believe their manager truly cares about them as a person. The it team (57%) also doesn't feel comfortable providing negative feedback directly to their boss.

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Aggregated Employee Answer on Comparably

  • Lumen (formerly CenturyLink) Engineering team rates their manager a C or 66/100 and the majority believe their manager truly cares about them as a person. The engineering team (57%) also doesn't feel comfortable providing negative feedback directly to their boss.

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Aggregated Employee Answer on Comparably

  • Lumen (formerly CenturyLink) employees rates their pay and overall compensation a D or 53/100. 44% of employees believe they are paid fairly and 56% of employees get raises every year.

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Aggregated Employee Answer on Comparably

  • 24% of Lumen (formerly CenturyLink) employees in Marketing say they are satisfied with their benefits. The majority of employees in Marketing also get 20-30 days of paid vacation.

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19% of Lumen (formerly CenturyLink) employees would encourage their friends to become coworkers, whereas 13% are neutral and 68% would not recommend working at Lumen (formerly CenturyLink) to their friends.

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