Blue Shield Of California Reviews

Pros

Mission driven, trying to enable affordable care for all Californians.

Cons

Too many priority projects running at once, and company is nearing a choking point.

Pros

I enjoy working with my teammates and people are really nice.

Cons

Management can never make a decision and we tend to go around in circles.

Advice to Senior Management

Management has too may meetings during the day and are never around to answer any questions.

Pros

Blue Shield's offices could not be more BART-easy, and if your manager likes you, work-from-home opportunities are plentiful. Also, if you're good at what you do and you like doing it, you'll find lots of chances to dig in here. I learned a lot at BSC and really sharpened my skills: I was using them often, with many different groups.

Cons

There is a definite high-school vibe to Blue Shield of California. While the rest of its technology lags, the gossip network is thriving. Managers play favorites, as do work groups within teams. If you fall out of favor, you will never know why -- or hear about changes in your area until it's too late.

In general, Blue Shield moves very, very slowly, with a kind of deliberate reluctance. My interview process took three months. Once I started working there, I found so much resistance to any kind of change that it became obvious that only a fool would try. I made it to almost two years of playing the fool before I had to leave.

Advice to Senior Management

I know there is nothing anyone can say that will make you change. Good luck in 2014.

Pros

great coworkers
in general, decent hours
flexible schedule with arrival anywhere between 6-9 am
We now have our own social network

Cons

Silos continue in 4 years I've been here despite many different experiments to change culture
Revolving doors of senior management
No advancement opportunities
Every lead I've seen either steps down due to stress, or is driven out
Supervisor plays favorites
Daily process changes frequently, depending on whim of supervisor
Changes in process shared with select employees only

Advice to Senior Management

I don't believe this company is capable of changing. Accept it or move on

Pros

All the great partnerships and relationships that other companies that provide discounts and specials for employees of Blue Shield of California

Cons

Sometimes there is a break in communication between the employees and the upper management. But its more of a delay so to speak.

Pros

Great people. Oppurtunities in all areas

Cons

Senior management
Not staffed appropriately for number of people.

Advice to Senior Management

Listen to your people

Pros

The benefits, if you want to edvance you can if you make the effort

Cons

Some departments are really bad. it is hit and miss I&M is a miss normanlly.

Advice to Senior Management

Send your old school managers through the same trainign new ones take. they are really out of touch with managing in todays world. this criples your ability to keep talent.

Pros

Great vacation plan. Flexible hours. Work from home

Cons

Unpredictability, unnecessary stress, poor management of resources.

Advice to Senior Management

Reduce number of management levels

Pros

8-5pm work days and nice co-workers.

Cons

Many departments operate firedrill by firedrill
Upper management micromanages and VPs end up being managers
Many upper managers lack trust in employees
Upper management is full of poorly performing leaders
80's management style where everyone should be in the office
Sick employees come into the office because sick time is combined with vacation time and working from home is not available to many
IT organization is immature and in some ways disfunctional
Failure to prioritize projects and set realistic goals
High employee turnover
Employee morale is extremely low

Advice to Senior Management

Bring in expert outside leadership and especially for IT. Drive culture change from the top down rather than expect your managers to do it. Stop the bleeding with so many firedrills, scope projects realistically, drastically cut the number of projects to increase their changes of success, find a strong CIO to report to the CEO instead of the CFO, stop relying so much on temporary consultants, etc.

Pros

- A lot of diverse opportunities
- Decent incentive pay and benefits
- A culture that is changing for the better

Cons

- Some upper management doesn't understand the new culture
- Technology is not forward thinking enough
- The Healthcare environment can be filled with red tape at times

Advice to Senior Management

- Listen to middle management about their ideas
- Be flexible to new technology and applying it to the enterprise