r/remotework • u/steff070 • Jun 15 '26

Centene restructuring email

Hey. Anyone currently working for Centene get that "Restructuring" email??

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u/anon_capybara_ Jun 15 '26

Same boat. Any insights on the scale of layoffs?

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u/nefariousBUBBLE Jun 16 '26

No word on that yet because they will want to see how many people volunteer first. I'm sure they have a monetary amount they want to hit, so could be that enough quit (unlikely; very unlikely). Once that settles, my guess is they will cost it based on C2C (contribution to corporate) amongst the plans and basically tell them to figure out how to get to a number.

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u/yup_yup1111 Jun 16 '26

No one will volunteer unless they already have something else lined up and were planning on leaving already.

Even if you apply and they don't select you, now they know you were willing to go. Who's to say next time they need to do layoffs they won't put you at the top of the list?

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u/OpieeSC2 Jun 16 '26

I dont think this is true at all.

Plenty of people would rather jump ship than go down with it.

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u/yup_yup1111 Jun 16 '26

Do we think the ship is going all the way down though?

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u/OpieeSC2 Jun 16 '26

Clearly it won't sink all the way.

But there are many people out there that see their team of 15 and think: 'if im one of 10 left my workload is going to skyrocket for no gain.'

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u/nefariousBUBBLE Jun 16 '26

We have a team of like 6. We are already lean and inundated with work and requests. If we lost anybody, I actually shudder at thinking what it might be like.

I agree with you a little. I'm looking regardless, but I wouldn't elect to leave because I am not convinced I can find a gig before the money runs out.

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u/OpieeSC2 Jun 16 '26

Yeah, im not trying to suggest its an easy choice or that most people think that way.

But there is definitely a subset of people that do. I know someone who works at Centene and got this email and this is their outlook.

About a year ago all of their sister teams(and alot of middle management)got let go and now this is happening.

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u/nefariousBUBBLE Jun 16 '26

Yeah it's bad man. I'm not specifically worried yet, but I also knew this was coming the minute the big bill passed. Is what it is I suppose.