Centene reviews

3.7

68% would recommend to a friend

(6,063 total reviews)
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Sarah London

72% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Centene has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 6,063 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
2.0
Mar 16, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Never boring Fantastic teammates Willing to pay for training Does a lot for community Job with a good mission Growing fast Crucible to hone talent/get job experience to prepare for your final career stop

Cons

Product over people Leadership sets deadlines Psychological safety only in small pockets Very little incentive/rewards Surprising little opportunity to move around. Most positions are opened with someone in mind or leadership reorgs to fill. Only know how to put out fires, not prevent them. Very chaotic and fast paced. Very little trust and a lot of micro management Seem to struggle with planning. Nearly ever project in my large area over the last 7 years has only been successful through the heroics and generosity of the amazing employees to donate their personal time to meet commitments that their leadership made without consulting the . Repeatedly told the most important thing in our org is to hit our dates. Very little diversity of thought. Senior leaders hire people who have their worldview of leadership. People who voice different views of leadership or give feedback about the impact of the current style are marginalized and in some cases have been shuffled out There are frequent cycles of low employee engagement and lots of talented people leaving. Do not seem to understand how expensive and inefficient their current leadership style is.

1.0
Oct 20, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

The only pro that I can think of is that everyone I work with is in the same boat with the hope of one day jumping off that boat.

Cons

Centene buys up companies without understanding what made them attractive to buy and would rather muck everything up by installing their way of doing things. Tricare is different then all other health insurance yet they have completely ignored that fact and run it into the ground. They love to hire people at the very top for Tricare that have ZERO healthcare experience let alone Tricare experience. They love to use outside consultants that have ZERO Tricare and possibly healthcare experience. They have jettisoned countless people that we actually need and replaced them (or not) with cheaper, less experienced and to be frank, not qualified people. I honestly believe this company likes to complicate things rather then simplify in a well planned effort to never have to answer as to why things are done the way are done because everyone is trying to figure out how to fix things that Centene has broken all in the name of some weird attempt at progress. Everything, and I mean everything is wrapped in layer upon layer upon layer which creates constant confusion. The higher you climb the ladder, the more you will see just how inept at running a business this company is. That is a high level view but if you want to know about the little stuff- unless you are in California, your PTO will reset each year, pay not even close to being comparable to other companies, high cost for healthcare, ; dinosaur ideologies like no remote work ability, stringent dress code, and an utter lack of reward for hard work. Above a general contributor you have to break company policies to actually be able to do your job.

1.0
Dec 18, 2018

Slavery at it's finest...

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits and pay; holidays; cafeteria.

Cons

No work life balance, disrespect all around, nepotism, too much overtime, stress, and a gross lack of communication. And lot's more. People cannot promote up because of the "clicks" ridiculous work schedules, holidays being taken to make people work, this company needs to pay the vertexters way more money for the abuses they receive!

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