Centene Application Software Engineer reviews

4.7

73% would recommend to a friend

(25 total reviews)
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Sarah London

100% approve of CEO

73% positive business outlook

Application Software Engineer employees have rated Centene with 4.7 out of 5 stars, based on 25 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Application Software Engineer professionals have an excellent working experience there. Centene is rated 30% above average by Application Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Insurance industry (3.6 stars).

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25 reviews
1.0
Oct 11, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

People are super nice. Benefits are great (401k, stock purchase plan, medical, dental, vision, the usual).

Cons

Stereo-typical "Corporate America" type culture. Office politics. Old school way of management. Office politics. Business formal attire. Office politics. I am an Applications Engineer, but the engineers and developers are undervalued and certainly underpaid. Centene has no real clue what the market value is for a Software Engineer. I feel bad for the young developers who come in expecting an "IT Shop", but in reality Centene is a "Business Analyst" shop. If you are an aspiring developer/software engineer/programmer DO NOT COME TO CENTENE. I repeat DO NOT come to CENTENE. If anything, just interview and get an offer as leverage for another company's offer. Centene thinks they're "agile", but in reality they have no idea what being "agile" really means. Centene uses a "corporate america" idea of agile. Last but not least, office politics.

1.0
May 1, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great health benefits if you participate in Healthy Pathways.

Cons

Lots that I can think of: 1. Long hours. 2. Often must work weekends. 3. No bonuses 4. No work from home options 5. Stressful environment 6. Glass cubes walls. Be prepared to be on display all day. 7. Unrealistic deadlines. 8. Poor Senior leadership. CEO seems more interested in being seen in the Ladue News than anything related to the company. 9. Company doesnt get rid of poor managers. They just shuffle them to another department to create the same problems there. 10. Crazy high turnover of staff. You would be hard pressed to find many people who have been there even a few years.

1.0
Jan 3, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

1. Working in Clayton 2. Covered Parking 3. Good Health Benefits 4. Onsite Cafe. 5. Free onsite Health Clinic

Cons

I went into this hoping for a longer term of employement but unfortunately it just didnt work out. With the constant change in both direction and management and then adding in the high employee turnover it just became too stressful for me to stay. The review process is awful basically because you have to justify your existance for being there just to stay at your current level. It is nearly impossible to grow and move up levels. You can work 50 - 60 hours a week but one mess up during your review period and that is the basis for your review. It often felt as if they want you to fail so they do not have to give you a raise or bonus.

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