No Win Situation -Not For People With Family - IT Manager Centene Employee Review

2.0
Feb 2, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Centene offers a good salary and potential bonuses. I would only recommend Centene to individuals who want to get experience and who have no outside of work commitments.

Cons

Centene grew so fast it couldn't support existing business. As an IT Manager we were constantly shifting staff between new business and putting it continuous fires with existing business. We were forced to make staff work 80 hours a week, nights, weekends...whatever it took. Everyday I came into a dozen new problems that cropped up overnight. Centene is NOT the place to work if you have a family and want to keep it. In addition, the stress of the environment literally made me physically sick. I ended up in the doctors office for high stress and exhaustion. It took me months to get back to normal after leaving Centene. In hindsight, I should have paid attention to similar reviews for working at Centene. I let the high salary persuade me. No salary is worth selling your soul and sacrificing your health.

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3.0
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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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