Fast growth is also what happened to the .com collapses - Anonymous employee Centene Employee Review

3.0
31 May 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great health benefits, Great co-workers, great vacation time (you will need it b/c you earned it), pro/con: option for overtime

Cons

Growing too fast that the management is losing touch with its original plan. Sadly Centene has become what it did not want to be and that is, just another corporation. Remember this quote: "Underpromise and overdeliever." Its not happening, it cant because every contract is signed no matter if the contract can be fulfilled (underdelievered) Quality is sacrificed for numbers and in an effort to remedy this it has turned into more work with less time to complete the calls, call attempts, documentation, and also have a chance to go to the bathroom or even eat. Managers are all very young and inexperienced most this is their first management career. This is a recent development.

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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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