Pros
Expect to work hard, but the work is effective so you feel good about doing a good job, maintaining a standard of excellence. There are good, hardworking people everywhere, Centene is no exception. Some lazy bots too, but the pace at Centene eventually filters them out, so it is likely your coworkers are busting their butt like you are. The company has a lot of good tools, platforms, programs, for employee development. They could be truly effective moving hard workers up the ladder... however, certain key points that would better serve to keep talent satisfied and retained ( benefits, schedule flexibility, metric shadiness for performance evals, work life balance) would cause these programs to be more effective and allow the employee as a whole person flourish into their full potential.
Cons
Very poor work/ life balance. Employees, and even management, can feel anonymous even though a huge percentage of their lives is spent devoted to the entity that is CENTENE. Poor employee benefits ( health insurance) coverage - like seriously, Centene IS an insurance provider but it is an insult what they charge their own employees for premiums, and god forbid you have a family to cover as well - they really could do better. Pay careful attention to the title of what you are applying for. They will call someone who does analyst work a pharmacy technician so they can, with the pharm tech license requirement for the position, keep the salary range comparable to the pharmacy technicians in the area, not the analysts. The pharm techs in the area will certainly include retail pharmacy technicians ( cvs, rite aid, walgreens) who are notoriously underpaid. Beware. Fully expect to appreciate and respect your boss, they are most likely really hard workers and care about you - but know, that in order for them to keep their job, they have to sacrifice that connection to stay within the metrics the company has established.
