Constantly growing, but limited opportunities for actuaries - Actuarial Centene Employee Review

2.0
10 Aug 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Pay is competitive, benefits are standard to the industry. Work-life balance is good. Still alternates between very busy and very slow days. Most actuarial coworkers are nice, smart, helpful. Other departments can be less helpful. Okay place for entry level analysts or interns to get some health insurance exposures. Not much training and learning opportunities thou No micromanagement, no strict in and out time

Cons

No professional advancement. Roles are filled with outside hires. Actuaries do not get the level of recognition seen in other insurance companies. Work load is unevenly distributed. Some are overworked, others watch the clock. Laptops and networks have frequent issues, disrupting workflow. Issues in IT and data are hastily patched without permanent solutions. No jeans allowed.

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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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