Solid starting company - Software Engineer II Lumen Employee Review

4.0
21 May 2024
Recommend
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Pros

The benefit of working for a big company is that there is a decent bit of infrastructure to support you. If you get a good manager, you will generally have a decent time. And in general they have a good working culture.

Cons

In my experience, if you are looking to expand your skillset this probably isn't the best place to do so. This was my first job, and while it did a good job at getting me some foundational knowledge in the industry, it definitely feels to have stagnated as of late.

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5.0
23 June 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Overall great culture and team

Cons

Fully remote, not too much interaction with coworkers

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Lumen Response
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Thank you for your feedback. We value your input. We have embraced an agile working model for select roles, enabling colleagues to work from home or in a blended, hybrid model. We're glad you value our culture and your team. Thank you for all the time you spent at Lumen. We wish you all the best with the next step in your career.
1.0
3 July 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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