High growth, high drive - Anonymous employee Centene Employee Review

4.0
Jun 12, 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Centene has undergone extensive growth over the last several years with little to no indication of slowing down, even considering the current size of the company. Some of this has been realized through new business and organic efforts, and some growth realized through acquisition. The future shows a great deal of opportunity for the organization as well as the team members within.

Cons

With such fantastic growth and success, the company has not been as effective in teaching its leadership (executive, senior, and middle management) how to operate under the new model, nor has there been an effective influx of leadership familiar with running businesses at that level. Much of the same senior executive is in place running a 20B company that ran it as a 2B company (or previous), and pockets of "this is how we have always done it" exist.

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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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