On average, employees at Qwest give their company a 3.7 rating out of 5.0 - which is 5% lower than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. The happiest Qwest employees are Software Engineers submitting an average rating of 4.8 and Account Managers with a rating of 4.4.
"Qwest is great for Cisco Training but advancement is not in the cards."
What do you like about working at Qwest?
"USWest is now Qwest Communications. The best part is the people I work with. Training is very good."
What don't you like about working at Qwest?
"I don't see Qwest as a major telecommunications player in future."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"I would suggest management to get to know their people better instead of playing with numbers."
"interesting"
What do you like about working at Qwest?
"the people, long term employment, and predictable schedual"
What don't you like about working at Qwest?
"no opportunity for career growth"
"Accurate."
What do you like about working at Qwest?
"Fast paced and changing ndustry."
What don't you like about working at Qwest?
"Hours for Sales Consultants and sales objectives."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Sales objective review."
"Qwest outsourced my division to Columbus, Ohio."
What do you like about working at Qwest?
"I made a difference"
What don't you like about working at Qwest?
"not there long enough"
What suggestions do you have for management?
"hire denver folks!!!"
"Quest was a good company to work for."
What do you like about working at Qwest?
"Excellent benefits. Good work environment. I learned a lot there."
What don't you like about working at Qwest?
"The hours were somewhat erratic."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Keep up the good work!"
"Good services but poor morals"
What do you like about working at Qwest?
"My co-workers"
What don't you like about working at Qwest?
"It was a force sales company, many products were being slammed on to customers."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Change the sales structure and actually establish a customer service department, not just sales."
"Friends and family envirionment"
What don't you like about working at Qwest?
"This was in the dot-bomb days when junior developers were making way too much!"
"a decent work place for a new grad. Rita was a real nice manager."
What do you like about working at Qwest?
"Mountain West is a software firm focusing on US census data analysis. Wonderful people."
What don't you like about working at Qwest?
"Limited career for software talents"
What suggestions do you have for management?
"just retain the nice working environment. It would be a perfect place for many young engineers to grow from."
"Great People, Good Environment, Good Bonus Structure, Mediocre benefits,"
What do you like about working at Qwest?
"Flexibility"
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Be open, be yourself and be honest."
What don't you like about working at Qwest?
"Poor mentoring programs for those up and coming, very poor annual review process."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Make the employees feel as they are an integral part of the team, not just lucky to have a job."
What do you like about working at Qwest?
"Flexibility. Tenure with the company. Vacation time."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Ask lots of questions about reporting structure. Each Division, Region, Branch in the Enterprise (BMG) space operates differently, and you could have a completely different experience in each one, depending upon leadership."
What don't you like about working at Qwest?
"Weakness of brand. Lack of out-of-region marketing. Benefits are poor. Market rider, not driver. Poor financials. Poor mid-manager leadership."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Fish or cut bait - commit to Out-of-Region business by investing in marketing & resources, or get out of that space. Invest in new technologies/products/services that will drive the marketplace, rather than be at its mercy."
"honest"
What do you like about working at Qwest?
"travel"
What don't you like about working at Qwest?
"very process orientated"
What suggestions do you have for management?
"elimante the hurdles in the cycle"
What do you like about working at Qwest?
"different staff you can learn there"
What don't you like about working at Qwest?
"not enough pay for the work required"
What suggestions do you have for management?
"change the way they look to the employes"
"Good placeto work"
What do you like about working at Qwest?
"Great management"
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"good solid management staff"
What don't you like about working at Qwest?
"commission payout"
What suggestions do you have for management?
"get better organized at corp level"
"Can't get their act together."
What do you like about working at Qwest?
"gave me an opportunity when no other jobs were to be had. Learned more about more roles on my field because everone else had quit and I was only on left."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"don't"
What don't you like about working at Qwest?
"low pay. Lack of vocus. to big to fail which they should have."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"learn about video distribution and customer service before you attempt it."
Qwest has an overall rating of 3.7 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 54 Qwest Review Ratings left anonymously by Qwest employees, which is 5% lower than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 96% of employees would recommend working at Qwest.
Qwest employees earn $60,000 annually on average, or $29 per hour, which is 9% lower than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 2 Qwest employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find Qwest Salaries by Job Title.
96% of employees would recommend working at Qwest with the overall rating of 3.7 out of 5. Employees also rated Qwest 3.4 out of 5 for Company Culture, 3.8 for Rewards You Receive, 3.1 for Growth Opportunities and 3.6 for support you get.
According to our data, the highest paying job at Qwest is a Global Account Director at $201,000 annually. Browse Qwest Salaries by Job Profile.
According to our data, the lowest paying job at Qwest is a PC Technician at $20,000 annually. Browse Qwest Salaries by Job Profile.
According to reviews on CareerBliss, employees commonly rated the pros of working at Qwest to be Company Culture, Growth Opportunities, People You Work With and Person You Work For, and no cons.
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