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Centene is already opening a tech office at Camp North End and heard that lease is not temporary but longer term.  I do think they will move their HQ here at somepoint and St Louis for various reasons is hard to attract talent to unless you are from the midwest.  

Very interesting comments in that article posted above.  Many said St Louis metro is not attracting the young and college educated and they are going to other cities.  Several mention the big banks in Charlotte, one said it is becoming an IT magnet like Austin, one mentioned the crime here.   

I do think Centene is trying the attract IT workers for their growing business and a move to Charlotte is a lot easier for many people than one would be to St Louis.  

 

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Wow, I don't follow St. Louis much, but the crime situation there appears to be totally out of control. 

City population of around 300,000, so much smaller than Charlotte, but already 247 homicides this year. 

Charlotte can't rest on its laurels. 

Yes, we have a far lower crime rate, but our rate of increase versus 2018 (59 or so homicides that year but 112 so far this year) is stunning, and there's nothing inherently better about us (as far as I can tell) to prevent us from going down the same path as St. Louis with scrutiny, study, analysis, anticipatory action, and vigilance.  Perhaps the exception to that might be our merged city and county governments working in close coordination, so more resources brought to bear in addressing major issues.

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11 hours ago, RANYC said:

Yes, we have a far lower crime rate, but our rate of increase versus 2018 (59 or so homicides that year but 112 so far this year) is stunning

I wouldn't read too much into crime this year for long-term trends. Crime across the country has gone up drastically in 2020, a major part of that being unemployment and quarantine due to Covid-19. 

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1 hour ago, CLTranspo said:

I wouldn't read too much into crime this year for long-term trends. Crime across the country has gone up drastically in 2020, a major part of that being unemployment and quarantine due to Covid-19. 

Yes, but we were also up in by a staggering degree in 2019 versus 2018...something like 59 or so in 2018, and then 108 in 2019.  In fact, the YOY rate of increase is significantly down 2019/2020 versus 2018/2019, so perhaps that's a bit of good news.

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from the St Louis Business Journal about Centene's decision to delay the final phase of their Clayton MO HQ

Neidorff shared his concerns this summer, when the company said it was choosing to create an East Coast headquarters in Charlotte. He said that decision was made in part because of St. Louis' problems, and the difficulties that creates for recruiting talent to the region.

"If we're trying to recruit somebody, and they're staying at their hotel, hearing that the 13th child was killed, it makes it very hard," Neidorff said at the time. "They may love the job and the company," but then say their family doesn't want to move here.

"We can rationalize why that happens, but the point is it's there," he said of the violence. "Those are the kinds of things we have to very quickly resolve."

on  a personal note my dad was offered a job in St Louis several decades ago and he did not take because we did not want to move there as it is was further from Charlotte and we were living in Philly at the time.  

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5 hours ago, KJHburg said:

from the St Louis Business Journal about Centene's decision to delay the final phase of their Clayton MO HQ

Neidorff shared his concerns this summer, when the company said it was choosing to create an East Coast headquarters in Charlotte. He said that decision was made in part because of St. Louis' problems, and the difficulties that creates for recruiting talent to the region.

"If we're trying to recruit somebody, and they're staying at their hotel, hearing that the 13th child was killed, it makes it very hard," Neidorff said at the time. "They may love the job and the company," but then say their family doesn't want to move here.

"We can rationalize why that happens, but the point is it's there," he said of the violence. "Those are the kinds of things we have to very quickly resolve."

on  a personal note my dad was offered a job in St Louis several decades ago and he did not take because we did not want to move there as it is was further from Charlotte and we were living in Philly at the time.  

To be fair, Neidorff has done very little help out in a city where Centene is HQ.  The CEOs of the large companies HQ here have been fantastic philanthropists for the city of Charlotte and the state.  Neidorff doesn't really fit that culture if you look at his history.  Happy to have the "east coast HQ", but less so excited about their leadership. 

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from the St Louis Biz Journal about Centene:

""Centene Corp. CEO Michael Neidorff said Tuesday that the Clayton health insurance giant (NYSE: CNC) will cut 3,000 positions and eliminate 1,500 open positions, representing about 6% of its workforce, as the company reported a fourth-quarter loss.  Neidorff said during a call with investors that the reductions are in areas where the company has "significant overlap" from acquisitions "and where we have opportunities to leverage our size and scale for increased efficiency." He did not offer any details on whether, or to what degree, the cuts will hit the firm's workforce in St. Louis, where as of June it employed 5,500 workers. A company spokeswoman, Marcela Hawn, didn't address questions about where the cuts would take place, but said affected workers could be considered for 1,700 open positions, including in technology, and that outgoing employees would get job transition counseling, subsidized COBRA for benefits and severance pay.""

Technology seems to be a big part of their Charlotte expansion. 

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NCPA March 24, 2021

Mississippi officials are investigating the companies that oversee the state’s Medicaid managed care pharmacy benefits. The investigations are focused on whether one company in particular, Centene, has overcharged taxpayers through its management of pharmacy benefits. Centene was recently sued by Ohio for similar potential wrongdoings. Mississippi lawmakers are also calling for legislative changes that would allow greater oversight and independent audits of the state’s Medicaid managed care pharmacy benefits.

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story about todays Centene dedication? or topping out not sure what the purpose of it was.  However I hope the Governor and his team talked to the CEO of Centene about moving the global HQ her, Uusally when you dedicate something it is finished or complete LOL

With plans to house 6,000 employees in Charlotte, Centene dedicates its new east coast HQ | WRAL TechWire

 

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