Embarq Reviews in Kansas City, MO Area

Pros

Embarq was a great place to work. The people were wonderful. Leadership (except for the CEO) was top notch.

Cons

The CEO and BOD sold out the employees to CenturyLink. CL culture was a sweat-shop where employees are not valued.

Pros

good benefits, especially tuition assistance.

Cons

apathetic management who don't want to get involved to solve issues.

Advice to Senior Management

get involved with your employees and listen to them.

Pros

Compensation
Job flexibility
Opportunities to rotate throughout the business
Management support
Collaborative teamwork

Cons

Hard to advance to management level
Long hours
People constantly trading jobs can make things difficult to implement

Advice to Senior Management

Communicate

Pros

stable 8 to 5 working hours
Friendly colleagues

Cons

Shrinking business leaves hardly any opportunities for promotion and questionable job security

Advice to Senior Management

Nourish entrepreneurial spirits

Pros

This was a good place to start working. Tried to be very team orientated. I liked the yearly review and the bonuses that came with it.

Cons

Some people are angry, its hard to deal with people everyday who do not love their jobs. You definitely feel like you are just a number after a certain amount of time.

Advice to Senior Management

n/a

Pros

Work Life Balance, People, Location

Cons

There really isn't anything I would complain about.

Advice to Senior Management

Don't sell to Centurytel!

Pros

Very professional, flexible with work/life balance, room to advance, great benefits, friendly co-workers and managers, tuition reimbursement, decent recognition, seemed fair. So many more to list.

Cons

Not really anything bad to say other than the number of re-orgs which seems to be the norm. Re-orgs made sense however placed some in positions they were not qualified to be in.

Advice to Senior Management

None really. Since the company was sold and only a handful of employees remain at the "old" headquarters, it would have been nice to see the execs do more for the employees based in the KC metro area when it came to the sale.

Pros

Compensation, work environment, professional coworkers, work / life balance, high tech projects, work was evaluated in two categories annually (either you did the job or did not).

Cons

Very political, constant organizational and process changes, departments don't work well together, not much opportunity for advancement if you're not on the fast track.

Advice to Senior Management

No

Pros

Empowered to manage your business and make decisions on your own.

Cons

No longer empowered with decision making authority. Almost all decisions no matter how trivial seem to have to be approved by the CEO.

Advice to Senior Management

Allow your employees to run thier business as needed. Trust them and pay them fairly.

Pros

Embarq is a very flexible work environment with a focus on achievement, not hours - meaning that management is open to flexible hours and time off for family issues.

Cons

We are currently going through a merger, and the flow of information about how it will affect jobs is very limited.

Advice to Senior Management

More communication and better coordination between departments at all levels would help people accomplish their jobs and limit unnecessary work.