Alcatel-Lucent Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"Good place to work if you can keep your job."

What do you like about working at Alcatel-Lucent?

"I worked with very understanding and self willing employees. The environment was always positive and innovating."

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

"I loved every aspect of Alcatel-Lucent (previously Lucent Technologies)."

"Good job to start a techno support career."

"Subpar."

What do you like about working at Alcatel-Lucent?

"Flexible hours."

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

"Don't do it."

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

"Little to no recognition of achievements, very little consideration for personal time off, non-realistic scheduling."

"Alcatel a very good company, a lot of management development programs, a lot of opportunities, very good recognition programs."

What do you like about working at Alcatel-Lucent?

"Development programs, opportunities to do new things, MBO programs, metrics programs, exposure to customers and suppliers. Did a lot of supplier qualification travelling."

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

"Understand the company vision/culture, propose methods, strategies to provide measurable and significant value proposals."

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

"New technology products were not developed and brought to P.R. Thus, the plant closed and moved to Hermosillo, Mexico."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Envision product technology transition quicker to avoid loss of market opportunities."

What do you like about working at Alcatel-Lucent?

"The new cutting edge technology was great. The diversity and ability to pass off testing projects to other sites around the world for 24 hour a day testing of critical functions was impressive!"

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

"Be prepared for long hours, but some very interesting work!"

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

"My commute to work was atrocious! Their salary was not commensurate with living in the area, so I had a 75 mile commute one way."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Offer a buy-in program to assist with getting people housing closer to the site."

"An amazing company, dedicated to allow technical individuals to grow."

"Alcatel is big and good company, however, they have moved jobs overseas."

What do you like about working at Alcatel-Lucent?

"Good environment."

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

"Review old programming language (Assembly, c) for old telecom system (switch)."

What do you like about working at Alcatel-Lucent?

"Large organizations allow you to work and utilize my wide-range of knowledge & experience."

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

"Networking beforehand would be best."

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

"Career opportunities were not the best and not performance based."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Career evaluations should be based on the needs-of-the-company."

"Great company to work for either as a consultant."

What do you like about working at Alcatel-Lucent?

"Great culture."

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

"Great company."

"Cool place to work."

What do you like about working at Alcatel-Lucent?

"Work environment and cooperation between management and employees."

"A good company for entry level."

"People would line up for miles just to submit an application."

What do you like about working at Alcatel-Lucent?

"Educational assistance provided by and supported by the company."

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

"Take the job if offered. Lucent is a great place to work."

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

"Nothing, I loved everything about working for Lucent."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"None, keep up the good work."

What do you like about working at Alcatel-Lucent?

"Nothing."

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

"Don't."

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

"Probably a good place for the truly depressed."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They need to drown them and find intelligent life."

What do you like about working at Alcatel-Lucent?

"Meet more professional PMs, lots of PMs there."

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

"Finance Team needs more strong CFO."