Alberta Blue Cross Reviews

Pros

Room for growth when you have good managers. This is a company that one could easily stay with for 10, 20+ years because of the many opportunities.
Education allowance, excellent HR team make career paths easy to navigate.
Flexible hours if you're in the right department and have a manager who subscribes to official corporate values.
Defined benefit pension plan.

Cons

Salary is not competitive.
Many managers are not forward-thinking, discourage innovative solutions, and want staff to minimize communication with other departments for fear of looking bad.

Advice to Senior Management

Appreciate that cross-departmental learning is beneficial and that front-line staff are often better sources of accurate information than diluted messages communicated by management. Recognize that flexible work hours/locations are hugely important to many talented staff members who are trying to balance work/life.

Pros

good benefits, good work life balance

Cons

lack of competitive salaries wrt other companies in Edmonton

Advice to Senior Management

pay better

Pros

- Great worklife balance.
- Flexible hours.
- Education allowance, $4k a year.
- Great enviroment and culture.
- Company charity that gives back to the community

Cons

- Pay is competitve but not the highest in the market.
- If your all about bottom line and pay this company is not going to be a fit.

Advice to Senior Management

- Company is great to work for and have no real advice. Salary is a tough issue with a non for profit company competing against the oil and gas sector.

Pros

Everyone is so friendly and helpful.
It is a true team environment and such an organized company.
Flexible working hours.
Family can always be the first thing.

Cons

No bonus as the organization is non-profit one.
Not all managers fully understand what their managed are doing.
Sometimes things are going slow.

Pros

Steady work, great workplace. nice manager.

Cons

No challenge, slow salary raise

Pros

The people and workplace is quite good. Hours are very flexible and there is a nice educational allowanc. Downtown location is nice. There is a small fitness room with no equipment, just for fitness classes.

Cons

Probably the lowest pay amongst anyone in the city with the same job title. Mid sized company that doesn't offer much more benefits.

Advice to Senior Management

Do more wage comparisons between other companies and you'll know why turnover is so high and you can't hire anyone.