Qwest Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Qwest full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – People are nice, Denver is a great place to live, work can be interesting at times

Cons – Big power play going on between Denver and Monroe, LA with CenturyLink having bought Qwest.

Advice to Senior Management – Appreciate your star performers more, or they will leave for better opportunities

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Qwest full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – good benefits, union environment, if you are great at sales this is a great environment.

Cons – more about the numbers and less about the customers. doing the right thing is not always right if your not hitting your numbers.

Advice to Senior Management – Take care of the customers and the sales will follow.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Qwest

Pros – None that I can think of

Cons – Very dfficult to get groups to work together

Advice to Senior Management – help employees to share in common goals

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Qwest full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Great pay for those without college degrees. Pro equal opportunity / diversity. Provides training.

Cons – Tons of policies, procedures. No so much anymore but there were a number of clicks. Lots of politics. Must know and learn a lot of material to function effectively. I suppose this is like any other big company, but you need to understand all of the pieces and how they fit together which often don't seem logical.

Advice to Senior Management – Come out the ivory tower and see what really happens in the real world.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Qwest full-time

Pros – Many opportunities to work with other groups
Good IT infrastructure
Knowledgeable mid-level management
Good work-life balance

Cons – Overall good experience; no cons to report

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Qwest full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Good benefits; talented and experienced workforce; good community involvement

Cons – Lot of cost cutting and employee reductions; less investment in human capital.

Advice to Senior Management – Reinvigorate Denver as a hub of company. Invest more in network and employees.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Qwest full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Great environment and people to work in

Cons – Management is extremely political and spend too much time on wasted efforts

Advice to Senior Management – Focus more on your customers...the employees

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Qwest

Pros – Fortune 500 company with a much smaller vibe

Cons – No longer exists. Completely hamstrung by debt.

Former Employee – worked at Qwest full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Good people, definite company and organizational targets/goals

Cons – Revenue is dwindling which affects all aspects of compensation. Very fierce competition for what little compensation is available.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Qwest full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Broad technical exposure, lot's of big data like challenges. Chance to help a business model turn-around. Fast paced culture in some parts of the business.

Cons – Unethical decision making by leadership, no real opportunity for career advancement. People in charge who don't have the requisite decision making frameworks to lead the business.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company