From: telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org   
      
   By "Anonymous Employee"   
      
   Pros   
      
   There are still some good people left there and you can be a rock star   
   if you understand the telecom business but, don't look for   
   advancement opportunities because those are few and far between and   
   are only available to former Level 3 employees.  Work life balance is   
   good but not good enough to offset the fear and risk of being randomly   
   laid off.   
      
   Cons   
      
   CenturyLink was a good company until it merged with Level 3. Level 3   
   leadership is in control and is in way over their heads.  Many of the   
   Level 3 leaders are inexperienced and don't truly understand the   
   business (especially regulated local markets) or how to lead. Level 3   
   has jettisoned all of the former CenturyLink tools and processes and   
   put their own inferior tools and processes in place setting the   
   company backwards 15 years and catapulting the company towards   
   bankruptcy. Revenues are declining so the company cuts costs by laying   
   off former Qwest/CenturyLink employees in order to meet earnings   
   goals. Layoffs are continuous and secretive.  Entire groups are   
   suddenly gone.  I chose to leave before I got laid off.   
      
   ***** Moderator's Note *****   
      
   Here's another post about Centurylink, which is available today for   
   reasons I can only guess at: as I've written before, Centurylink has   
   an expert "Web Optimazation" team that hides almost all bad news abot   
   the company. This opinion was posted on Glassdoor a while back, but I   
   doubt the writer's conclusions are no longer applicable.   
      
   Bill Horne   
   Moderator   
      
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