Most of all I would love to just come and give a notice, although I don’t have any offer yet. I'm not the only one, I know.
Honestly, I would love to get some rest for a month or two before I start working for another company. I'm too tired. As much as I want to finally get an offer, I am so afraid that I will not be able to get a mental break from this company which I need so that I can have a good start somewhere else
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I’ll be thinking of you and hoping you get a new opportunity very soon. It’s so painful working for this company, but remain hopefully and keep trying to secure a new role with a new company. You will do it and you will be able to put this experience behind you. The new company should be willing to give you the time between jobs after they choose you, because they’ll want to get started on the right foot as well. Take at least 2 weeks for yourself. Try to give Centene the full two weeks as well, but if you can’t get enough time for yourself to recharge then shave it off the time you give Centene. They haven’t treated you well, so please make sure you treat yourself well so you can start the new position off right. Contrary to the way we’ve been taught, we don’t have to treat corporations with respect when they don’t treat us with respect. It’s not one of the commandments. Hopefully you’ll only have to live with Centene for another few weeks. But you’ll live with yourself forever.
Look for a job while you have a job. If you land (and I mean a full offer in writing with a salary), ask for three weeks or the next month to start. Make a plausible excuse like winding down your current job. Then give your Centene job two weeks, no more. That gives you one week of rest. Never EVER tell ANYONE where you are going until you're settled in (two month rule).
If you have to quit for sanity's sake, know that if you do it that it may take you longer to land. Say for reason why that you're moving, that you have a family situation, you're starting a business etc. Make sure you have money put aside--the more the better. One bright note--companies are searching NOW for positions next year.
i was looking for 2 months and took a break, iam waiting till March bc there is a good chance my department might stay remote since most are former WC staff and they were told they could remain remote. But if not, hey it is what it is but iam not going back to the office, and have you noticed a lot of the open positions listed on Centene are remote?
Praying that you get an offer as soon as possible. I too was overwhelmed with stress working at Centene. I sought out other employment and put in my two weeks notice…best decision I made!
If you do not have a position offered to you by another company, you cannot quit where you are now. If you quit without another offer and take 1-2 months off to recharge your batteries and then start looking for a job, there will be too large of a gap in your resume'. If you have an interview that will be one part the hiring company will be concerned about. Now if you had a good reason as to why there was a gap in you record of not working, Then that would certainly be taken into consideration and it would have to be a productive reason like a sickness in the family and they needed 24/7 care and you were the only one in the family that could do it.
Undoubtedly centene higher ups know this is a common sentiment among associates. I have begun applying out and the job market is not filled with many great opportunities. I will either have to consider and pay cut or consider switching to an in office position but that’s only if I’m paid enough to afford child care. Maybe we should do as the angry poster suggested and “StArT yOuR oWn cOmPaNy” 🤡 since apparently that’s more feasible. 🤦♀️
Keep pushing out your resume, once an offer comes in tell them you can start in 2/3 weeks. Quit immediately. You should be getting your 401k with in 30 days of quitting. You can roll it over or cash it out 🤷 enjoy your time off. May 2022 be good to you.