Applications Software Engineer - Applications Software Engineer Centene Employee Review

1.0
11 Oct 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

People are super nice. Benefits are great (401k, stock purchase plan, medical, dental, vision, the usual).

Cons

Stereo-typical "Corporate America" type culture. Office politics. Old school way of management. Office politics. Business formal attire. Office politics. I am an Applications Engineer, but the engineers and developers are undervalued and certainly underpaid. Centene has no real clue what the market value is for a Software Engineer. I feel bad for the young developers who come in expecting an "IT Shop", but in reality Centene is a "Business Analyst" shop. If you are an aspiring developer/software engineer/programmer DO NOT COME TO CENTENE. I repeat DO NOT come to CENTENE. If anything, just interview and get an offer as leverage for another company's offer. Centene thinks they're "agile", but in reality they have no idea what being "agile" really means. Centene uses a "corporate america" idea of agile. Last but not least, office politics.

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3.0
12 Jun 2017
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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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