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Michael F. Neidorff
467 Ratings
Pros
Good benefits, friendly environment and very helpful (in 75 reviews)
Good pay and benefits, growing company, lots of room to move up (in 28 reviews)
Cons
No work life balance stressful job (in 71 reviews)
Work from home is not an option on a permanent basis as compared to competitors (in 31 reviews)
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"Nurse"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Centene full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Close co-workers, management keeps you in the loop, management is good, love that our group works as a team. Best job I have ever had. Good pay and good benefits.
Cons
None to speak of. Good hours. Good pay. Good benefits. There is nothing bad to say about this company in this review.
Centene 2017-06-05 18:10 PDT ![Centene Logo]()
"Good Company"
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I have been working at Centene full-time
Pros
The company is in the business of acquiring other health plans which is providing opportunities of growth within business.
Cons
With the addition of new business, a number of things are missed or ignored alltogether.
Advice to Management
None.
Centene 2018-05-26 10:53 PDTHelpful (250)
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"It was great! And then HealthNet came along."
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at Centene full-time (More than 5 years)
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.Advice to Management
Read the list of cons and actually take action to make this more than a joke of a company. And think twice before you get rid of the good people.
Centene 2017-06-12 16:26 PDTHelpful (4)
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"Happy Employess"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Centene full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
*Work/life balance
*Yearly Bonus
*Plenty of vacation/time off
*Appreciation for what I bring to the table as an emplyee
*Promote from within
*Good company activities for employeesCons
*Can't work from home
*Sub-par annual raises
*Upper Management communicationAdvice to Management
*Communicate information down to employees
*If an employee wants to be promoted and make sure they are on track for that goal. Their advancement should be a reflection of you.Centene 2018-05-17 12:20 PDT![Centene Logo]()
"Anyomous"
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RecommendsNegative OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Centene full-time (More than a year)
Pros
love my team, great work environment everyone willing to help. No micro management
Cons
Get rid of the top heavy, they create messes and expect the employees to fix it.
Advice to Management
Learn to do the job you oversee, stop passing the buck. Jump in and help your team, stop making excuses
Centene 2018-05-25 00:24 PDTHelpful (5)
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"Business Analyst"
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Approves of CEOI worked at Centene full-time
Pros
Decent Benefits
Healthcare Industry is a bit of a mess so plenty of opportunities to shineCons
Healthcare Industry is a bit of a mess so the culture is constantly changing and direction/management can be unreliable.
Hiring practice tends to be hire a bunch of temps, throw as much at them as you can and see which ones stick so the office culture is an exceptionally mixed bag of work ethics.
Best metaphor I heard about the work culture, it feels like you're trying to build an airplane midflight. It can be exciting at times and chaotic at others.
Rely too much on short term solutions vs long term.Advice to Management
Take better care of full time employees and reward the actual hardworkers.
Centene 2018-05-14 13:54 PDT![Centene Logo]()
"Great place to work"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Centene full-time (More than a year)
Pros
No on call required and weekends off. The staff is friendly and helpful. The benefits are very good and affordable.
Cons
The workload gets heavy at times and there is constant change. Other people from different departments are not as helpful.
Centene 2018-05-21 21:04 PDT![Centene Logo]()
"Love It Here!"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Centene full-time (More than a year)
Pros
No micro-managing, we're helping the less fortunate, company really cares about its employees, company really cares about the people in our community, they're the number one charity contributor to every charity I've ever heard of in the city, great manager, great coworkers!
Cons
No work from home options
Advice to Management
Keep the good managers, get rid of the bad ones, but thus far, loving the job here!
Centene 2018-05-22 14:53 PDTHelpful (2)
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"Working at Centene is working for me"
StarStarStarStarStarRecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Centene full-time
Pros
work life balance, several women in leadership positions, feel as though we are really caring for underrepresented groups and that is a good feeling
Cons
I don't have anything in particular. I think the company has grown faster than it thought and is trying to make sense of the growth spurt so there are some natural challenges there.
Advice to Management
Management in my department is really solid in my opinion. I know not every employee shares how I feel nor do they have the same experience.
Centene 2018-05-14 12:04 PDT![Centene Logo]()
"Awesome"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Centene full-time
Pros
Good benefits, friendly environment and very helpful
Cons
I do not have any cons
Centene 2018-05-19 08:15 PDT
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