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      Premera Blue Cross

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      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

      Ratings by demographic groups

      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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      1K reviews
      4.0
      Jun 1, 2012

      10 Years Building Web Software

      Senior technical consultant
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good people for the most part. Location is pretty good, Mountlake Terrace, just off 99 (and I-5). Work hours (at least for IT staff) tend to be pretty flexible. Good benefits, especially WRT to health insurance. Premera actually does (or did) have a real, funded pension system in addition to a 401(k).

      Cons

      Rigid, inflexible "grid" management. Posters around the company used to say, "Be a silo buster!" Slow to adopt new technologies: change == risk; risk == bad, ergo change is bad. All in all, fairly typical for an insurance company.

      3.0
      May 27, 2012

      Mixed - lot of good and bad

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Beautiful campus - landscaping always looks nice. Just added more parking, too (free) BBQ's in the summertime PTO policy - good incentive to not get sick! 22 days for the first 15 years, plus 8 company holidays Easy commute for those who live on the north end Pension plan in place, and is funded every year Good bonus and benefits plan (employee only doesn't pay any health plan premium) Company has stayed out of the negative press, a real plus given the healthcare industry today It's not Regence/Cambia! Focus on process improvement and doing the right thing - hasn't made the same blunders that Regence has Good local company to have on your resume Has won some new big name clients recently from national companies: Starbucks, Alaska Airlines Big name customers: Microsoft, Weyerhauser, etc. People want health insurance - company is largely recession proof...nice place to be 2008-2011

      Cons

      Some managers are great, others are horrible. Hope you get a great one! The "LEAN" philosophy is good overall, but in some departments, it translates into understaffing Not sure if the CEO still exists - it's been months since I've seen him...and I work on the same floor! It's in the healthcare industry - will this company still be around in 2 years? Anyone's guess... Management by textbook/article - managers take classes, read books, then assume they know it all

      5.0
      May 16, 2012

      Good

      Developer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Family oriented ..Heath oriented ..and less stress

      Cons

      Slow ..less innovative ...behind technology

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