Working at Level (3) in Broomfield, CO: 20 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Broomfield, CO Area

"Great company to work for."

"Worked here for over a year - great pay, and great benefits. Upper management is great. Middle management needs to learn to control the drivers of the company - i.e., sales. Severe lack of oversight in that department - not enough focus on bottom line."

"I worked with Level3 for a few years after they bought out Broadwing. Level3 is a huge company and a tier1 ISP. I really liked working for those folks. Maybe I will work with them again."

"I have worked at Level 3 Communications for 2 years and found the goal of the company to be very focused on acquiring other companies. The culture of company is one of hard work, but with times of fun. There seems to be very little cross functional teams, most work is done in silos."

"Last year our team laid off 4 (3 developers and 1 QA) over the total of 9, and replaced my manager with a no technical manager who knows nothing but micro-managing the team. The QA and developers they moved in to my team are much worse than the people that got laid off, they did almost nothing in the past 4 months. e.g. the QA was a project manager and knows nothing about QA, our previous QA has 13 years of experiences with the team and very good performance and personality."

"Originally Level 3 was a great place to work, empowering their employees. In the last 5 years or so it's become evident that the company management is more interested in numbers than people. I was riffed due to my longevity and salary."

"My supervisor Troy is very good.In level3 I learned a lot."

What do you like about working at Level (3)?

"In the small groups good people focused on getting things accomplished"

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

"I would not encourage anyone I slightly cared about to interview at Level 3 unless it was a last resort."

What don't you like about working at Level (3)?

"The micro managing and lack of data integrity paired with inability to allow autonomy."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Stop the factory mentality. Allow people to work from home and join the rest of the world stop cubicle nation, you are disrupting your own production."

"Strong collaborative growth in professional development"

What do you like about working at Level (3)?

"Opportunities for professional growth. Dynamic, collaboration with colleagues who often support and help each other out. Multicultural. On-site fully staffed fitness center. Better than average PTO and benefits."

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

"Focus on scrum agile methodology and how your work habits fit within the dynamic of iterative development, sprints. demonstrate your ability to learn and adapt on-the-fly."

What don't you like about working at Level (3)?

"Inability of upper management to support employees in helping meet road map leads to understaffing and unrealistic deadlines. Supposed adoption of scrum agile not supported by upper management. Product over process leads to defects and lack of time for design, QA, refactoring, etc."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Instead of trigger-finger reactions to poor quarterly results, look at root causes for lack of customer satisfaction. Staff reductions exacerbate customer service satisfaction."

What do you like about working at Level (3)?

"The people at the company were first rate and always looked to assist coworkers."

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

"Focus on your experience and how your skills and talents can assist level3."

What don't you like about working at Level (3)?

"There was no clear strategic vison or plan and this lead to confusion between business units."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The management team should empower the employees more to take risks and make bold decisions."

What do you like about working at Level (3)?

"Interesting market Nice people comfortable My own office. Good benefits compared to other companies"

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

"You can do it all even if you can not. They expect you to work long hours"

What don't you like about working at Level (3)?

"Nice campus free gym! Close to home Nice cafe. I like my boss and vp."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Better pay, more head count as it is non stop and stressful."

"This is a stong company with a progressive vision."

"Level 3 had a great start but failed to execute on their potential."

"Great experience, but was limited by contract work."