WARNING!! Dont do it. Extremely authoritarian management style. - Systems Administrator Centene Employee Review

2.0
Mar 10, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

pay is good benefits are OK work from home rotation

Cons

-Very authoritarian management style -Incompetency of management to manage or understand technical aspects of business -HOURS, if you accept a position here be prepared to work 60-70 hours a week -lack of communication of upper management -lack of knowledge of upper management -personal motivation drives managements decisions rather than what best in companies interest -Little to no training to keep up with current technology trends -and by all means dont disagree with any management decisions they see it as a challange to all levels of authority. -Voiced concerns to upper management and even HR and all communication was ignored. -I know of several employees who were wrongly terminated simply for personality conflicts.

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Cons

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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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