“Presently, Lumen plans to go very deep and provide a tremendous amount of coverage in six of its urban markets, said Moreau. Keeping the cost of fiber deployment down is also a key consideration due to the scale of the project.” “We know there are... — read more 

I look at the home page and the first thing you see is Ethics and compliance. Next Pride month and nothing about all the new programs that do not work. Programs such as, Forte, Fast, Tech2go. WFS, to name a few. You will never guess when this... — read more 

I am feeling pessimistic and down that I might let my family down and potentially uproot if get out of town job. I have survived a few rifs already but writing seems to be on the wall on potential job loss. Some folks comments here are optimistic on... — read more 

I'm surprised she lasted this long.

Kate Johnson So you're never finished recruiting and retaining and developing and growing talent. I have sort of very publicly now completely revamped the senior leadership team. And we've got some world-class athletes that have joined. Dave Ward... — read more 

KJ and Stansbury have already made a tidy profit when the bought millions of shares at 88 cents, they will be fine.

No one is holding you there leave !

This place is horrible, so many folks leaving or being forced to leave, I have never seen morale this jacked up, supervisors and managers bullying technicians to the point that I wonder when one of them is going to snap. This new culture is... — read more 

SALES are definitely MIA, so that HUMAN won't be missed.

Are Lumen VPs leaving in droves or is Lumen creating more VP positions? Seeing lots on VP hiring for Lumen in LinkedIn posts lately.

“ My problem is not directly about driving costs out of the business, but rather trying to figure out just what the business is now, and what it will be in the future - at least beyond the marketing headlines . . . “ “ I'll have a crack at... — read more 

Meta spent billions to close offices and lay people off. Now we know why. (msn.com) Remember when investors were worried that Mark Zuckerberg was incinerating money on the Metaverse and virtual reality? “ Well, that's still happening: Last year... — read more 

Some rumor chatter about another another carve & sell, because stock price is dwindling. Anyone hear this? I guess selling off is better than a RIF? If a section of Lumen gets purchased does the Lumen severance package follow you? What if the new... — read more 

Someone please explain to a out side tech, how a pots small business customer has Disconnect order written and then completed, opens a case of trouble for no Dial tone, and repair calls the tech to say they are either lying or incompetent. Because... — read more 

Posts are being censored out here. I wonder why? Maybe too much truthful info being divulged and some dummy at Lumen is complaining. Big broke ship sinking faster than Titanic.

Just more of nothing from Lumen. The incident happened seven months ago and all the routers were bricked, there was no botnet established. It's also confirmed that the FBI and NSA had already informed Windstream as to how the routers were bricked... — read more 

“ So is Schafer (Cogent) correct, NaaS is just a made up term that companies like Lumen invented to describe what others "have been doing" successfully for 10ish years??? SDWAN !! software companies and hyperscalers have arguably proven... — read more 

" Just listened to Schaefer (Cogent) at the Cowen conference… He said “network-as-a-service” (NAAS) is a made up term that no one has been able to explain to him… Funny, every time Kate and Chris talk about it, I feel like that is what they are... — read more 

How long will the non floats stomach $1.23 share price? Another one year, two years, five years when Kate is gone? Holders are starting to mount the pressure which cannot be tamped using the buzz words of nonsense published via PRNewswire.

Ever watched the small table @ Thanksgiving dinner - usually it's called the "kids table". When there is a surplus of adults seated around the "Big" table one can find themselves seated amongst the wee-people. Some folks feel slighted to be seated... — read more 

How can you believe greatness until you see it . . . can anyone confirm what the new products are? are sales starting to yield positive results. . or is it just more green washing.

Lumen is where your sales career goes to die, unless you have enough “house” accounts to pay your bills. If you don’t you won't last a year, two at the most. Ask anyone who has worked in the Norristown, PA office would they ever go back. They will... — read more 

wondering if KJ and Stansbury are enjoying some cracked crab and lobsters, on their Lumen stock earnings today, while planning the next round of RIFs to cause further "Disruption"

What is our ki-ler strategy ? Which unrealized needs are being met by connecting through the cloud. Is this just more 1st to market technology play, no customers yet. What tactical we-pons do we have to prevail against last-mile obstacles... — read more 

Does anyone look at the numbers? Mass market (green) is bleeding the rest of us. Sell them off. Enterprise (red) is making mad money. Keep Level3 and send Century link packing.

I just listened to the Town hall meeting, not impressed with the same buzzwords. I don’t know what weed farm in CO Kate, Anna and Chris have been visiting but they need to stop! The only thing that is a disruption is their decision on my day to... — read more 

Who else was assigned allyship training? First we spend a fortune for DTL and now this? These people are literally worrying about people's s-x lives more than the health of our network / ledgers. Lumen is now pushing CRT and woke ideologies on its... — read more 

I am starting to that what Kate says is not the same thing that her front line managers (directors on down) are telling there techs. So confusing

More Layoffs to come. It will continue to come in waves. Dare to Lead !!!

From what I gather, Lumen is trying to corner the market . . what's unclear is . . with what product or service does she dominate to render this a reality. When Steve Jobs . . was attributed with saying, "people don't know what they need until you... — read more 

Does Kate understand the difference between "Disarray" and disruption , if one intentional deconstructs a watch and tosses the parts high in the air a billion times "or more" and expect them to fall together into something remotely cohesive and... — read more 

Lumen stock bouncing; up down up down….just like the Titanic.

Has anyone heard anything about another RIF we definitely took a hit early this year after the EOI…just trying to think ahead and see how hard I should be applying to other jobs in order to prepare. The uncertainty is tough but watching/reading Lumen... — read more 

wonder how many more will jump ship?

Can't say those numbers show that Lumen is a great place to work.

Longleaf Partners Fund stated the following regarding Lumen Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:LUMN) in its fourth quarter 2023 investor letter: “Lumen Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:LUMN) – Global fiber company Lumen was the top detractor for the year, and we sold... — read more 

They finally told our area in the PNW in a meeting today with Maxine that no more money will be spent on copper. No tools, no cable, no peds, nothing. Mean while we have over 1700 tickets and FCC complaints piling up. Was only a matter of time I... — read more 

In other words, Lumen is going to the trash heap of failed telecom companies that decided that moving away from their core business was the right decision even when it wasn't.

Kate Johnson is union busting. Kate Johnson is trying to abandon customers and employees. Dare To Lead has cost how much? It hasn't brought in one customer to our aging network. They even laid off people working in Quantum Fiber, Lumen's hot new... — read more 

It’s an all time low here in the PNW. Second and third level incompetence is impossible to ignore these days. From openly telling us to not fix damaged peds/bsw/cable and fudging our times to make there metrics look better is just the start. They are... — read more