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4.2
Average Rating
(based on 414 Alcatel-Lucent Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
4.0
Growth Opportunities
3.8
People You Work With
4.5
Person You Work For
4.4
Rewards You Receive
4.0
Support You Get
4.2
Way You Work
4.3
Work Setting
4.2
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"My job at Alcatel was the best ever. I was able to use my imagination skills."
Posted 16 years ago in Plano, TX
Project Leader

What do you like about working at Alcatel-Lucent?

"Can do what you want to do. It's more about team work than the individual contributor."

What don't you like about working at Alcatel-Lucent?

"Management is non-technical and don't know how to push project forward and sell the product."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Focus on the feature customers want and markets need it; deliver on time. High quality."

Alcatel-Lucent Employee

"It made me reflect on a great career, and that the best has yet to come."

What do you like about working at Alcatel-Lucent?

"Many groups depended on timely delivery of my features, the cornerstone for quality delivery."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"It was a great company until the bottom line decides everything. Sorry."

What don't you like about working at Alcatel-Lucent?

"Quality mattered less and less, customers determined quality based on complaints."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Look beyond this quarter's result to determine the makeup of the team."

Marketing Manager

What do you like about working at Alcatel-Lucent?

"Good company in terms of community."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Visionary and execution."

Lead Database Analyst

"Lucent Technologies was a good company - bad timing!"

What do you like about working at Alcatel-Lucent?

"Interesting project!"

What don't you like about working at Alcatel-Lucent?

"They went bankrupt!"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They do not exist any more!"

Network Engineer

"This is a very good company to work."

What do you like about working at Alcatel-Lucent?

"This is a big company with projects. I learned a lot when I was there."

What don't you like about working at Alcatel-Lucent?

"Some managers don't care about the employees."

Engineer

"Except for the lack of job security, it's a great place to work."

Solutions Architect

"Alcatel-Lucent is a great company to work for, but is definitely understaffed."

Engineer

What do you like about working at Alcatel-Lucent?

"Career growth possibilities. Educational opportunities for improvement."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be open and honest about your abilities and growth to be sort out with the company."

What don't you like about working at Alcatel-Lucent?

"They had to close down operations at that location."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Allow for additional opportunities to work from home with limited supervision."

Software Engineer

What do you like about working at Alcatel-Lucent?

"Great technology."

What don't you like about working at Alcatel-Lucent?

"Layoffs, no job security."

Quality Consultant

"A wonderful career advancement opportunity."

EMC Engineer

"I worked as EMC and I enjoyed every minute of it. I like to work again for ALCATEL."

What do you like about working at Alcatel-Lucent?

"Friendly people and managers were very nice and friendly. Flexible working hours."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep up the good work. When I was in the British Air Force, our motto was Keep the Aircraft Flying. Here motto should be Meet the Deadline for Deliveries."

Channel Manager

"Great place to hang."

What don't you like about working at Alcatel-Lucent?

"Owned by the French."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Sell, sell, sell."

Network Engineer

"I really think Alcatel is a great place to be employed."

What do you like about working at Alcatel-Lucent?

"I loved the friendly environment and the open door policy with the managers."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"I'd advise the person to be confident and knowledgeable of the open position."

What don't you like about working at Alcatel-Lucent?

"The company really had minimum training on some aspects of Engineering."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would only suggest a New Product Engineering program for junior engineers."

QA Analyst

What do you like about working at Alcatel-Lucent?

"Work environment."

Machine Operator

"Good place to hang."

Alcatel-Lucent Reviews FAQs

Is Alcatel-Lucent a good company to work for?

Alcatel-Lucent has an overall rating of 4.2 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 414 Alcatel-Lucent Review Ratings left anonymously by Alcatel-Lucent employees, which is 8% higher than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 99% of employees would recommend working at Alcatel-Lucent.

Does Alcatel-Lucent pay their employees well?

Alcatel-Lucent employees earn $81,000 annually on average, or $39 per hour, which is 23% higher than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 39 Alcatel-Lucent employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find Alcatel-Lucent Salaries by Job Title.

How satisfied are employees working at Alcatel-Lucent?

99% of employees would recommend working at Alcatel-Lucent with the overall rating of 4.2 out of 5. Employees also rated Alcatel-Lucent 4.0 out of 5 for Company Culture, 4.0 for Rewards You Receive, 3.8 for Growth Opportunities and 4.2 for support you get.

What is the highest paying job at Alcatel-Lucent?

According to our data, the highest paying job at Alcatel-Lucent is a VP of Corporate Communications at $251,000 annually. Browse Alcatel-Lucent Salaries by Job Profile.

What is the lowest paying job at Alcatel-Lucent?

According to our data, the lowest paying job at Alcatel-Lucent is a Assembly Mechanic at $14,000 annually. Browse Alcatel-Lucent Salaries by Job Profile.

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According to reviews on CareerBliss, employees commonly rated the pros of working at Alcatel-Lucent to be Company Culture, Growth Opportunities, People You Work With and Person You Work For, and no cons.

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