Disorganized and old-school - Anonymous employee Centene Employee Review

3.0
20 Mar 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

My team has good work/life balance (although not true of all teams) Decent pay and benefits Good location in St. Louis Room to move up in the company and easy to move around the company Coworkers are great

Cons

Other teams, and specifically managers and above on any team, have really poor work/life balance. The burnout comes around quickly. Strict business professional dress code (ties and panty hose are actually included in the official dress code). Difficult to work from home (frowned upon). Company is very disjointed and disorganized. Makes it very difficult to accomplish much. Company culture is very meeting-oriented, which contributes to the lack of work/life balance (spend all day in meetings, still have work to do at night). Managers tend to micro-manage, which impedes productivity and decreases morale. Do not feel that leadership is open or transparent about the current state or future expectations of the company. Do not trust the CEO. Do not feel that Centene focuses enough on its mission to improve the health of members.

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Cons

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3.0
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Pros

I loved the work and for 6 years was happy with what I did. I knew I made a difference and did my job well. Not many has the same skill set I did and there was always work to do.

Cons

1. It's an old white boys club. I say that as a white individual. It sucks that's how MFN rolls. They say they value diversity but they don't. They will have a token diverse person in an exec role but they're there to be a face, not make any changes or impact. 2. They pay really well but that hurts when you leave. 3. They layoff the good people and keep the undereducated white males. Why? See #1 above. 4. They don't want you if you are female and over 40. Think I'm lying? See the number of females 40+ who got hit in the January "reorganization." 5. HR is a joke. Talent acquisition couldn't find their rear ends with both hands and a map. So many excuses on why they didn't do their jobs. 6. MFN said the HealthNet employees needed to learn the Centene way and the Centene way would prevail. He lied. 7. They never entertained the idea of working from home. At all. Even a 25% WFH option would cut costs and improve morale.

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