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Premera Blue Cross

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Premera Blue Cross reviews

3.0

37% would recommend to a friend

(1,005 total reviews)
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Jeff Roe

42% approve of CEO

31% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.6

Diversity & inclusion

3.2

Compensation and benefits

3.0

Work/Life balance

2.7

Career opportunities

2.6

Culture & values

2.5

Senior management

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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Reviews by job title

1K reviews
2.0
Dec 14, 2015

Quality auditor

Senior product configuration internal auditor
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The pay is competitive for the area. The health benefit are pretty good. Some departments offer full time work from home. They have an annual employee appreciation celebration every year and give a nice gift.

Cons

Management does not listen to their employees, they are only there for management. Time off is impossible to get. Its all who you know if you want to get promoted. They tell upper management projects can be done faster than the team can do them. They over promise and under deliver. They play the finger pointing game between all other managers not one of them will take accountability. They require you to work overtime and if you ask for time off you have to use your PTO hours for the overtime hours not worked that week and they pay it as straight time. They say they are a pay for performance company but even if you perform at a 4 rating (the highest rating) the raises are always the same so its no use trying to go above and beyond you might as well be a slow performer because you will get the exact same increase.

1.0
Aug 6, 2014

Typical Numbers Company - Employees are treated as numbers and not as people - So Sad...

Individual customer service
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Easy Commute Location and Generally Great Co-Workers. There is really nothing else positive to add about Premera but its location being conveniently located off the highway and the co-workers are either stuck up kids or very nice.

Cons

Too Much Expected Of You For Very Little Pay - For A Health Insurance Company, The Benefits Aren't The Greatest - 401K Isn't Even A Company Match (now that is a very cheap corporation for you!) - Exceptionally High Stressful Job - Managers Have Their Favorites And If You Aren't One Of Them, You'd Better Watch Yourself!!

1.0
Jul 7, 2014

Stuck in the past

Analyst
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Some of the people are good people who do their jobs well and yet deserve so much more. Decent benefits If you want to be mediocre and get away with it, this is the place for you. If you want to work here for over a decade, get "grandfathered" in to some special work schedule where you can come in early and goof off and read 50 shades of grey and get coffee and stroll out earlier than others... this is the place for you! The temp of the building is pretty warm considering the workforce seems to be predominately older women. There is a cafeteria on site which is nice, but only because parking is at a premium after a certain time if you want to park on site. They relaxed the dress code to allow denim all week.

Cons

If a VP/manager has a goal to make their bonus, that project supporting the goal is going to make it to the top priority. Dates to put said project into motion are not likely to move because that would mean the goal was not attained. This could mean working weekends several in a row. Not competitive pay (pay is well below the mid range for the grade), raises are a joke (2%). If you want a promotion, better get your chap stick and even then, don't count on it. Goals set are based on manager's perception of performance, if you look at a person funny once they will use that to rate you a 2 regardless of what other accomplishments. (2 is not good) Managers seem to be placed into their position of power with no clue how to lead people. Leave your personality at home. Management can play favorites, if they are aware of issues that one "bad egg" of an employee that are impacting morale of a team and performance/attendance of said employee, they will brush it under the rug and continue to play favorites. This can be used against you. Every team seems to have one of these bad eggs. Herd mentality. Don't have an opinion. This place does not want your change, your suggestions, ways to improve. This place has a lot of complacent workers/managers who are just biding their time until they retire. Don't come here if you want to rock the boat.

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