Software Engineer - Look Elsewhere - Software Applications Engineer Centene Employee Review

1.0
24 Feb 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Pay, Benefits, Vacation Time, Bonus

Cons

Centene will blind you with a good salary and benefits. Then try to flash a corporate culture for your first two weeks of on boarding. Job descriptions are not accurate. Many people not doing what they signed up for. Development jobs are being replaiced by Pega Contractors. Managers do not live up to their end of the deals and the CEO sends a completely different message than what the senior leadership does. During reorganization Michael Niedorf stated that he valued the employees that he had, and wanted to find other areas for them to work. He must not know that the senior leadership laid them off in favor of outsourcing work for a system (Pega) that is a poor solution to the efficiency of an in house built system. the managers have no care to the employees or contractors and bringing this up to directors falls on deaf ears. If you want to just collect a paycheck and not do a job that you love, then this is the place for you. If you want pay and job satisfaction, look elsewhere. Centene states that they want to be the IT hub of Saint Louis where everyone who has an IT background wants to work. The culture they show you and the culture that is actually there are two different things.

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Pros

Great team environment, open communication with management

Cons

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3.0
12 Jun 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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