Curious about other staff’s experience now that December 1st is fast approaching. Did you tell anyone you were laid off? Are you getting more or less work? Have you been ghosted?
Interesting RE: Warn Notice
Former Workers Sue UnitedHealth, Seeking Class Action for Violating Layoff Laws Two former UnitedHealth workers are suing the Minnetonka, Minn.-based payer, saying it violated state and federal labor laws. In a suit filed Oct. 30 in U.S. District... — read more
healthy pathways discount
Does anyone know what the healthy pathways discount is for 2024? Years ago it was 50% off your payroll deduction cost but it changed to a dollar amount at some point. I can't find what the discount amount is for 2024.
Remember....
Live. Love. Give Don't worry that you are barely making your bills. Don't worry that you might get laid off. Just remember to make Sarah look good and GIVE so that you can get those 4hrs of PTO!!!!
The main job of the board
The most important job of the board of directors is to hire and fire the CEO, clearly this one has proven to be inept , what is the board waiting to fire Sarah?
HR evaluating job descriptions and salary - no info on merit increases
What are we taking away from the “HR will be reviewing job descriptions etc etc” and “no salary change at this time” and “no info yet on bonus and merit increase.” Medicare.
COBRA info sought..
Anyone from the August layoff using COBRA for their medical? My paperwork says it will be supplemented to the employee rate for 6 months but that leaves a lot of questions. Will we have our choice of plans? Is the discount for Healthy Pathways... — read more
Tail numbers of the Centene jets?
We should be able to see if executives are traveling between STL and TPA in the winter? I found n828cc (which has been made private) but are there others?
Former employee who reapplied and had interview
Former registered nurse who actually enjoyed working for the company a few years back under the previous leadership. Interviewed for a CM position last week and knew I was doomed the moment I saw my interviewer on the Zoom call. Let's just say Lizzo... — read more
Exit survey
I got an exit survey because I was able to find a better job and found this place the most unprofessional and toxic environment...do I even waste my time.
My job is available??
Why did a headhunter just call me for a contract to hire job at Centene? Omg what foolishness. I get laid off and now Centene is hiring contractors to do exact same job!
Mobile phone and technology stipend of $50 is ending as of January 1
No reason or explanation provided.
Outsourcing up the ying yang
Centene has quietly been contracting a huge work force from India to replace all the workers they are letting go. Cognizant is back in the picture, the company that was once working with Healthnet to do the same before Centene acquired Healthnet... — read more
Latest Financial Results on CNET: 773 million $ stock buyback in Q3
Read the report from your broker or on CNET… people were fired to help fund a 773 million dollar stock buyback in Q3 2023.
What departments in California were affected?
What departments in California were affected by the layoff for Centene? I'm on maternity leave. I go back next month. My supervisor didn't say anything about lay offs but now I'm paranoid.
Severance
Anyone with separation date of 10/13 received their severance yet or any ideas on when they are to be issued? The paperwork literally reads as soon as possible with no dates which seemed very strange.
Revolving door of executives
Seems to be that Centene is becoming a revolving door for executives, the company under these " new leaders" Sarah/ Drew , they has so little to show performance wise that all they have left is to announce new executives and silently get rid off of... — read more
Centene spending $1.5B in 2023 for share buybacks
I can think of 100 ways to spend those BILLION dollars on member care, offering affordable plans, paying our providers on time, expanding our network and not to mention saving layoffs. Who am I ? Except not a CFO.
Centene will fall
This organization once a jewel of St Louis has turned into a nest of power hungry vipers, they have wronged so many people, they have made so many bad decisions, the new CEO and some of the newly known accolades are ra-ing the place and burning it to... — read more
Bonus with Severance
Does anybody know how they will pay out a bonus for those that are eligible or if it will even be available it was kind of odd wording in the paperwork in workday, right after I received the news I was laid off.
Reclassification
Has anyone else been told their position is being reclassified from salaried to hourly? If so, does anyone know if this is accompanied by a pay cut? I'm also nervous that this reclassification is partially to add more roles to the chopping block for... — read more
How are you guys feeling?
Overall how do you guys feel about everything thats going on? Im not sure which states are impacted more than others. I work in NY and i dont know much about how impacted NY was/is but the atmosphere feels tense, I work remotely but I can still feel... — read more
Company equipment email
Part of August layoff…I received the severance paperwork over the weekend but nothing so far for returning my equipment. My paperwork says I will receive an email for a list of my equipment and a FedEx QR code. Has anyone received the equipment... — read more
Report tracking by higher ups in Exchange
I work in Exchange and we were just told it "came down the pipeline" that we have to send our typical reports to our manager so they can be sent up the chain for review. Just a heads up, if you are in Marketplace do not assume you are safe! Update... — read more
More layoffs
What I have heard is that there are 2 more rounds of layoffs coming by end of year. Medicaid/Medi-cal will be hit the hardest given the numerous lawsuits against Centene for overcharging. Not sure what other lines of business will be effected - nor... — read more
It's all about cutting costs these days
Whatever happened to striving for excellence? What happened to making sure to keep the best people here, instead of getting rid of them? Nobody seems to care about that anymore. Mediocrity is perfectly acceptable and even encouraged. I'm almost... — read more
Does anyone know why only certain people were invited to the town hall of 09/28?
i know it happened a while back but i keep thinking about it. Im a CSR in NYC and i just keep thinking about why only a 3 people from my team were allowed to go and the rest werent. I also do not like how things are functioing here. ASL is very rude... — read more
No Bathroom breaks
It has gotten to the ridiculous point where I work (remote worker) 8 hours straight in all day meetings where you share your screen with the whole team and you cannot eat or drink or go to the bathroom. This is inhumane and degrading. I would rather... — read more
Insensitivity on all levels…
So I was part of those with the Separation date of 10/13. Yesterday in the mail I received an Open Enrollment flyer from Centene. Seriously is all I can say. If you have the ability to coordinate these mass layoffs while increasing the salaries of... — read more
How is the job hunt going?
Have any of those who were laid off been able to find new positions yet?
Not Suspicious at All
Weekly team scrum meeting moved to Wednesday 3:00 pm CDT inmediately following CDO Town Hall Meeting at 2:00 pm CDT. Buckle up, BTS (formerly Corporate IT): it’s your turn.
10-K shows executive compensation
Every company has to file Form 10-K that shows executive compensation. Link: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1071739/000107173922000286/a2022063010-qexhibit103.htm Today we will learn about CFO compensation: Base salary of $1,100,000... — read more
Healthnet
Has anyone been laid off from Healthnet/ sacrament area? If so what dept? I’m in HMO claims .
Stars Score
Despite all the huge mess in operations Centene improved it's STARS scores on 3 Stars from 53% of plans to 87% compared to prior year, the crazy thing is that this improvement was big part because hard work and initiatives of Corporate Quality... — read more
It's just not right
It's really frustrating how layoffs always seem to target dedicated employees while overpaid management remains untouched. It's a pattern that's not easy to ignore and it's incredibly unfair. It's disheartening to see hardworking individuals... — read more
Talk of more layoffs
I thought we were done with layoffs for a while. Why am I now hearing more whisperings about even more cuts coming our way before the end of the year? What is going on?
While Centene lays people off, it’s biggest competitor is hiring
Go check out the St Louis Business article about Molina’s hiring blitz.
Sarah the poet needs out
Praying for the downfall of this Rich girl from Boston that has never ran a health plan , going to through a bid process or has been involved in the in the intricacies of quality, the poet is the epitome of being lucky and privileged and everything... — read more
Any money yet?
Has anyone who was laid off Aug or before received their severance or unemployment?
What percentage do you think ?
I’m thinking they will cut a total of 14 percent maybe 15 , thinking 65000 employees left or little less once done. We will see.. horrible.