Premera Blue Cross reviews

3.0

38% would recommend to a friend

(1,007 total reviews)
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Jeff Roe

42% approve of CEO

31% positive business outlook

Premera Blue Cross has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,007 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Premera Blue Cross employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Insurance industry (3.6 stars).

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2.0
Sep 21, 2021

Great people, very out of touch leadership

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Pros

- Many of the people are amazing - the teams doing the everyday work are hardworking, passionate, and come for the mission - There are pockets of the company where change and modern cultural practices feel possible / in the works - Pay is decent, benefits are pretty good

Cons

- Leadership across the board is completely tone deaf. They hear feedback and do the opposite. The most toxic leaders get promoted. They are very out of touch with the teams actually doing the work. - Especially at the leadership level, interview and hiring practices are questionable. No idea how some of the leaders got hired in the past few years (skill set for the job was clearly not there) - I personally never felt like leadership cared about me, my security, or my belonging at the company. My team did, but leadership didn't.

2.0
Mar 5, 2019

Do not work here

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Pros

Tons of potential in a stagnant industry ripe for radical change

Cons

Dysfunctional at all levels with no action or intention to change

1.0
Jun 22, 2017
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Pros

-Call center isn't open 24 hours (for now) -They offer dental, vision, and medical insurance

Cons

-They make up reasons to fire people in droves when its slow -Actively reprimand people for "helping customers too much" -They take advantage of lower income customers by requiring referrals for everything, including URGENT CARE, on their cheapest plans. They don't notify the consumers that their new plan requires referrals until months after they enroll them. -The company actively discourages trying to learn things outside of your job description -The team leaders gossip about employees to each other, and violate HIPAA about their own employees in doing so. -They cut training short and put you on the call center floor weeks before you are supposed to leave the classroom -In response to bad reviews online, they asked their employees to leave good reviews about their company creating a HUGE conflict of interest. -They give people the training to perform the advanced work after a couple months for another department, and then shortly after the employees are demoted in pay and title while still having them use the skills they were trained in to assist BOTH departments on a regular basis. These demotions aren't performance based, they are based off of work volume according to the bosses. -They have outsourced their billing department, and fired the entire American based staff for that department without the option of transferring them. -They have systematically fired anybody that suggests improvements for the company, sometimes stating that the reason they are being fired is because they were being too "negative". -The only people who thrive in this company very transparently think that helping people is repulsive, and that any hardship experienced as a provider or consumer is entirely their own fault for being "stupid" or "not paying attention". -Every month, their is a report that tells everybody exactly how much time you have spent in the bathroom and exactly how much money that has cost the company. What if somebody had a medical condition that resulted in them needing to frequently use the restroom? This is another HIPAA violation.

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Premera Blue Cross Response
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It is disappointing to hear your time with Premera was not what you had anticipated. What you have shared is not typical and is not aligned with Premera's values. The Customer Service Representatives at Premera are second to none and we are proud of the supportive and efficient service they provide our customers.
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