Curious as to how this is going to work. Say (hypothetically) you are now required to work CA, MN, NY , NC and PA LOB claims operations. I know that compensation for each state may vary for each role - some may pay more - some less. How are people going to be compensated fairly now having to take on multiple roles in multiple states. Yes I know - Centene does not compensate well at all as it is. I know other states pay more for the same role I currently perform and some less because I have applied internally to them.
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Positive. Not my first rodeo in pay and not the only company dealing with CA. Might not decrease but look at the raises etc…
Interesting because I live in another state but still work in CA LOB and my wages didn't change at all from what I was making in CA. The only thing that changed was whether I pay state taxes and whether I get PTO or Vacation. You sure about that assertion?
CA has a differential in some places so it may depend on what city you moved to in teh new state. Either that or did you leave your home address the same? If the move happened during the year it could potentially impact wages next year in terms of a pay adjutment if you are getting a CA adjustment to live and the new state COL is lower. KEep in mind a COLA is seperate from normal wages.
Pay is not based on the state processed. If anyone took time to read about how pay works, it is based on your skill set, the position, and then differential based on geographic location, meaning where you live, due to cost of living.
"If there is a job aid and/or P&P to guide those various markets, you're still doing the same job (the purpose of centralizing functions like claims, among others). Where you reside drives compensation based on cost of living. You'd have to make a hard sell that your complexity of work and subject matter expertise has increased to get more pay by covering multiple markets. Very unlikely, to be honest."
Do you even work in claims? I mean work in claims - actually processing them? For some reason I don't think you do. Claims have so many different phases they have to go through none of which you know how to do on your first day. You get trained to do the basics and then trained (cr-ppy sub par training at that) one by one in each phase over a course of time which can take a few years. That is to say that Centene will allow the training but more often than not they try to avoid it because they don't want to pay for it. Several years ago you actually would get a wage increase for training to perform a new process but nope not anymore. That being said I don't give a fu-k about the COLA where I live because obviously they don't give a decent enough COLA that won't cancel itself out. The only thing I agree with in your reply is that it won't happen but not because the work isn't more complex but because this company doesn't care how much more work they pile on you only that they get the $$ that comes from working you to death.
If there is a job aid and/or P&P to guide those various markets, you're still doing the same job (the purpose of centralizing functions like claims, among others). Where you reside drives compensation based on cost of living. You'd have to make a hard sell that your complexity of work and subject matter expertise has increased to get more pay by covering multiple markets. Very unlikely, to be honest.
No I don't think legally they can lower that persons wages. I think maybe the poster was wondering if say someone working the LOB in Iowa but lives in Montana gets paid $20hr and someone that lives in Iowa working the same LOB but gets paid $25 to do the same exact job (I know other variables might come in to play like length of time employed but for the sake of argument lets say they have worked the same number of years in the same position) then how does that work? If the idea is to have 1 person perform the same job duties but in multiple different LOBs in different states with different pay scales - how is that supposed to work and ensure employees are compensated fairly across the board to do the same exact job for multiple states? I don't know - remote work is great but its presented a lot of loopholes that I don't think people have thought about.
I have worked for the same LOB since I started with Centene in 2017 - but I have since moved out of state. If I apply for an internal position in my current states LOB and that position pays less does that mean they now can cut my pay?
Did you get hired while living in Cali then moved to a new state? If so I don't know if they can just lower your pay because you moved, it would make sense that you would be paid the same regardless of what LOB you worked.
I mean maybe legally they can, but I can't imagine anyone would stay or work at same level of productivity if they lowered the salary just because the person moved.
Interesting because I live in another state but still work in CA LOB and my wages didn't change at all from what I was making in CA. The only thing that changed was whether I pay state taxes and whether I get PTO or Vacation. You sure about that assertion?
Your compensation isn’t going to change for working on claims from different states. I work for a shared services department under corporate. You will get paid based on the state you live in, not based on where the claims are from