One of the Worst Companies I have ever worked for. - Applications Software Engineer Centene Employee Review

1.0
1 May 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great health benefits if you participate in Healthy Pathways.

Cons

Lots that I can think of: 1. Long hours. 2. Often must work weekends. 3. No bonuses 4. No work from home options 5. Stressful environment 6. Glass cubes walls. Be prepared to be on display all day. 7. Unrealistic deadlines. 8. Poor Senior leadership. CEO seems more interested in being seen in the Ladue News than anything related to the company. 9. Company doesnt get rid of poor managers. They just shuffle them to another department to create the same problems there. 10. Crazy high turnover of staff. You would be hard pressed to find many people who have been there even a few years.

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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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