Premera Blue Cross reviews

3.0

38% would recommend to a friend

(1,005 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 1,005 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
Mar 30, 2013

No Career Path

Recommend
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Pros

Stablility. Good for people who like psuedo-government type jobs and few career opportunities. Nine years.

Cons

Few opportunities to progress or move around. Two ways to get a raise: 1) leave, then come back and negotiate a better salary or 2) wait FORVER for the old timers to retire (remember, its just like the governemnt).

5.0
Mar 28, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Supportive work environment Compassionate and invested management team Good compensation and benefits Real commitment to helping their employees be healthy

Cons

Too little work sometimes and potential for boredom Some late nights required due to operating hours of department Some employees are resting and vesting

4.0
Mar 16, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Work-life balance is part of Premera's culture. I have never been asked to work long hours or weekends. We actually get discouraged from doing so. People are really friendly. Even though Health Insurance industry is seen as a conglomerate of heatless monsters, Premera strives to do the right thing for members.

Cons

Too many meetings. People just love to talk and talk and talk before any decisions are made. And because of being so meeting oriented, teleccomuting is also uncommon. Middle management seems very weak. It is rare that people who are directly managing associates are strong performers. That creates a layer of bureacracy where often the upper management vision isn't translated well by middle management to people doing the actual work. Premera is also very conservative and innovation adverse.

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