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Blue Shield Of California

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layoffs happen multiple times every year, consistently. - Anonymous employee Blue Shield Of California Employee Review

2.0
Jan 29, 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

1. good team members to hold together through all the politics and bad things happening in the office 2. nonprofit status

Cons

1. no execution capability of vision/strategy at senior executive level 2. managers do lots of finger-pointing instead of holding themselves accountable 3. everything is so secretive. Absolutely zero transparency. Data breach is called as "unauthorized access" that ONLY affects XYZ members health records. 4. promotion is based on favoritism, not experience and competency 5. instead of being honest and admitting overall poor business performance, executives blame employees and call this layoff as "talent upgrade". 2015 bonus will not be 100% pay-out due to bad business performance 6. consistently low employee engagement scores with the new executive team at organization level, but they choose to ignore it. 7. too small to scale and compete with big 3. 8. CEO had his chance to build a real team to execute his vision, however, poor choice of the EVPs will eventually drag himself down. This makes people wonder about Paul's leadership. 9. no so-called pay equity. The longer you stay, the less you got paid comparing with the newcomers. 10. promote people who are not capable to lead and build the team to fail. 11. no job security. layoffs happen multiple times every year, consistently.

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Cons

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Pros

Limited knowledge transfer and onboarding support for new team members. New hires are often expected to figure things out with minimal guidance. Workplace politics can sometimes impact collaboration and decision-making. Managers may not always be actively involved in supporting team members or addressing concerns. Full-time employees are occasionally treated differently than contractors, creating an uneven work environment. Documentation and process knowledge sharing could be improved. Work culture can be stressful at times, leading to challenges with work-life balance and employee morale.

Cons

Good exposure to projects and technologies. Opportunity to work independently and take ownership of tasks.

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