Company is just ok - Business Analyst II Centene Employee Review

3.0
21 Mar 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Its a very large company, so some of the benefits are generally the job security, being able to list this place on your resume looks good, and if you get on a decent team the work/life balance is pretty great. I never work outside of 9-5 and always turn in assignments on time. They have a lot of truly remote positions where you can work from anywhere in the US, the healthcare package is decent but not amazing (healthcare was completely covered by the company at my previous jobs, but here you pay premiums].

Cons

Because the company is so large, it means that the team culture will vary widely and you'll be dependent on the luck of the draw with how good of a manager or team you end up with. Some teams are more chill while others are quite toxic. The biggest con of all is probably financial. This is not a company where you can experience a lot of growth financially. There are people who've worked for the company 5+ years and haven't been promoted, or worse, they're promoted but never receive any pay increases other than the general 2-3% cost of living adjustment. They also don't give bonuses unless your job title is a certain level. Even getting promoted is much more of a hassle than I've seen at other places. A manager may promise to promote you one year, but in reality the promotion may not come for another 2-3 years. This place will be fine for you if you're ok with financially coasting, but don't expect to see your salary increase keep up with inflation unless you switch between teams. They also do secret layoffs. Sometimes they announce to the full-staff and sometimes they don't.

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Cons

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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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