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Working at Alcatel-Lucent in Allentown, PA: 8 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Allentown, PA Area

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On average, employees in Allentown, PA at Alcatel-Lucent give their company a 1.6 rating out of 5.0 based on 8, whereas overall Average Rating of Alcatel-Lucent is 4.2 out of 5.0 based on 764 Alcatel-Lucent Review Ratings. The happiest Alcatel-Lucent employees in Allentown, PA are Process Engineering Team Leaders submitting an average rating of 4.9 and Product Engineers with a rating of 4.8.

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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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Working at Alcatel-Lucent in Allentown, PA: 8 Employee Reviews

Engineer
Person You Work For 4.7 / 5 People You Work With 4.4 / 5 Work Setting 2.9 / 5
Support You Get 3.2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4.3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2.7 / 5
Company Culture 1.9 / 5 Way You Work 3.3 / 5
Product Engineer
Person You Work For 3.9 / 5 People You Work With 4.9 / 5 Work Setting 4.9 / 5
Support You Get 4.9 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4.8 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4.9 / 5
Company Culture 4.9 / 5 Way You Work 4.9 / 5

Company-Industry Rating Comparison

4.2
Alcatel-Lucent (764)

4.5 Highest Rated in this Industry is Fleming Foods (16)
3.0 Lowest Rated in this Industry is Wireless Advocates (20)
3.7 Average of All Companies in this Industry (6,900)
Process Engineering Team Leader
Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4.9 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4.9 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4.9 / 5
Company Culture 4.9 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Senior Engineer

"Company was poorly managed and went out of business."

What do you like about working at Alcatel-Lucent?

"Lots of challenging technical work and good people to work with."

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

"No longer possible as they are toast."

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

"Lucent Technologies was shrinking all the time and the primary task was to avoid being cut."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Use a little common sense when listening to your marketing group's forecasts."

HR Project Manager

"Great place to work - unfortunately Lucent Technologies closed."

What do you like about working at Alcatel-Lucent?

"Always learning something new!"

Senior Technical Support Analyst

"I was an engineering assistant and worked my way up to Engineer. They paid for my education."

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

"Nope. There are not too many jobs available in this country."

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

"They outsourced the jobs."

Engineer

"They were the greatest place to work. Unfortunately they outsourced the work overseas and closed down the plant."

What do you like about working at Alcatel-Lucent?

"They appreciated the people who worked for them and compensated them accordingly."

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

"They outsourced our jobs overseas."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I don't know. I haven't worked for them since 2001."

Account Support Representative

"Lucent Technologies was a great place to work."

What do you like about working at Alcatel-Lucent?

"I worked with the sales team and it allowed me the opportunity to learn a lot about properly completing contract and setting realistic expectations with the customer."

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

"I didn't like when they closed the office I was in and I was unable to relocate with them - personal/family reasons."

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