Centene reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(6,048 total reviews)
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Sarah London

72% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Centene has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 6,048 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Centene employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Seguros industry (3.6 stars).

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6K reviews
3.0
Jul 27, 2015

Compliance Dept.

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Pros

Fortune 5K -Beautiful HQ location. Downtown Clayton. Free Parking. Beautiful - BEAUTIFUL building. Top notch Café. Car Wash. Dry Cleaning. Clinic. Gym. Great Chiropractor tied in with Centene across the street - massages offered. Always giving away free tickets to tons of events and venues. Treated very high classed - Amazing diverse atmosphere - if you love corporate world - and living a very paced faced - busy work life and do not have to balance home/work.

Cons

Growing entirely way to quick - busting out the seams in this beautiful downtown Clayton HQ location. Rents out half the building to lawyers - when could easily place their current staff in this location rather then putting six people to a closet with no circulation and/or moving a huge team that is located south in a different county - to another location/campus that is out of the way and several miles out of the way to 30+ people. Raising health insurance costs - - which with such a huge amount of people is completely un heard of. Hourly employees will never work only 40 hours a week. NEVER. Salary employee's will either have non stop work, working 70 hours a week or sitting hours upon hours for days doing nothing - but .. well, nothing. Hourly employee's can work ALL their overtime + as much as they want from home - - to work from home even at the INCONVEINCE of moving an entire team out of the way from where they were HIRED to work and DID NOT check the box stating they were willing to relocate. Training in ALL ASPECTS is a JOKE. There may be a day or two of quick training when you first start .. aside from orientation. But, I promise that is just the start...You will be lost, overwhelmed and ready to quit .. unless you are a STRONG MINDED, TAKE OVER AND BE IN CHARGE.

1.0
Jul 16, 2014

If you value your family, friends, etc., This is NOT the place for you

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Compensation and benefits is probably the best thing going for Centene employees. If you are absolutely desperate for a job, hire on but only until you find something else. Don't worry - Centene is famous for their employee turnover rate. You will also receive a decent severance package as long as you sign a document stating you will not sue them. Excellent Pre-school at a discounted price that is open 6am to 6pm so you can work almost 12 hours per day.

Cons

Too many to count and list here. Major issues for me are: • No work/life balance • Bullying behavior from Managers - especially in the NurseWise division • Lack of responsible oversight from HR and Executive Management • Lack of training provided • Back-stabbing and favoritism are rampant • Working for a company that built state-of-the-art buildings and successfully took over a large part of Clayton by underhanded means. • Said Buildings, etc. were paid for with Medicaid Dollars. • While accruing time off, there is never a time you can actually take it. You lose it because you can't carry it over to the next year. • Out-dated policies and procedures • No flexibility – hours, dress code, working remotely, etc. • Mentality that employees aren’t to be trusted and are not treated as the professionals they are.

1.0
Sep 16, 2012
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Pros

Some of the co-workers were helpful/accessible and good to work with

Cons

Your HR concerns are not taken seriously and middle management does not have accountability for their actions of treating employees like dirt. Have upper management come out from their closed doors, where they like to spend their time, and have them interact with their direct reports.

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