Level (3) Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"I've been in the telecom industry for 20 years. Level 3 was without a doubt the worst company I ever had to deal with. The processes are ridiculous. The multiple software systems are not integrated. The management is horrible!"

"Was a great company until Level 3 purchased."

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

"The pay is good, but it generally is in the telecommunications world."

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

"With the latest acquisition, Level 3 will probably be entering a period of downsizing, so I don't see Level 3 as a good place to hire on, unless in Broomfield, CO."

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

"Senior Management. The company is bloated at the top. You have Managers reporting to sr. managers reporting to directors reporting to sr. directors reporting to vp's...."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be consistent with your message. If exceptions are made, call them out."

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

"Good salary, good position. It is also a demanding job."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Invest more in other things than been done today. Word."

"A mixture of merged companies still trying to integrate and find its way."

"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."

"Great place to learn and get your hands dirty but extremely long hours and few opportunities for advancement. The industry is extremely dynamic with possible reorgs."

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."

"Poorly managed company within the sales organization. Very archaic processes."

"They have become the new WorldCom with assimilating new companies. Work-life balance is very bad. Often working employees 24 hours straight then expecting the same the next day. Burn out is common. Maintenance of the critical infrastructure is pushed aside as new service comes first and there are not enough people to do both. I have seen discrimination against women by the local lower level management. Older workers are not wanted. Moldy office area. My recommendations: Hire more people please, weed out the many bad managers, focus on managing the current network and stop adding new ones. Take care of your critical infrastructure."

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."

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

"Awful company culture, very stressful, nothing to like about this company except the Salary"

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

"If you like to work for a company where you are a one man team, than this is the place for you. The systems are beyond confusing and take a year to learn and if you do not hit your number, there is no second chance"

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

"Culture is stressful and people are hired and fired at a fast pace; it is sales after all"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Create a better atmosphere and company culture. I would invest more in my employees and not make it all about numbers and statistics"

"Great company to work for."

"Level 3 purchased Genuity, and then laid us all off."