Central California Alliance for Health Reviews

Pros

The mission and vision of the company is what drew me here. I wanted a company where I could personally make a difference. I get to do that every day. Health care is a good choice for people that want to impact someone else’s life. That’s why I’m in this profession and the Alliance was a good place for me to land. Pay is great and so are benefits. A ten percent contribution (not match…contribution) to the 401 account is unheard of. PTO is very generous. The work/life balance program here is very good. I love having an onsite gym. I see a strong leadership team here. I feel supported in my work and a lot of my coworkers feel the same. Leadership keeps staff informed by having meetings for all employees quarterly. The culture here is one I have not experienced before. Like a family almost. Lots of people have close relationships. The company does a lot for staff with all the little perks. I think our office is in a beautiful natural setting. I like my walks outside on my breaks. I like also how the Alliance is forward thinking, especially with the sustainability efforts and solar. This helps the environment and saves the company money. Environmental protections are important to me and I like this aspect of the company.

I read some of the recent reviews after the restructure announcement from November and wonder if those people work for the same employer as me. I don’t see power struggles at the leadership level. Personally I get quite a lot of help from my supervisor when I need it. HR has been helpful and responsive when I’ve contacted them. My interview and offer process was good. The onboarding program at the Alliance is one of the best I’ve ever had.

There were layoffs last month and friends of mine who were laid off told me they got severance, health insurance and help with finding new work. The CEO had a company meeting that day and explained the situation. I think that no one likes layoffs but this was done a lot better than in other companies I have been at and most people laid off at my former company didn’t get a severance package at all. The Alliance did it right in my opinion. I’d prefer a management team that can make hard decisions to address too many employees instead keeping people around who didn’t have work to do. I think that with a new CEO and a new COO the restructure could have been predicted. That’s what usually happens when some new leadership comes on at least in my experience at prior companies. I’ve seen reorgs every year at some places.

Advice to Management

The Alliance is a great place to be. It is not perfect but I really enjoy being here and doing some important and rewarding work that helps others. My advice is to just keep doing the hard work so we can continue to deliver care to our members. “It’s all about the member.”

Pros

pay, benefits, work life balance

Advice to Management

more staff less management

Pros

Fairly good benefits and competitive pay for the area.

Advice to Management

No leadership accountability for decisions that led to recent layoffs. Lack of true planning (operational and financial). Departments are not incentivized to work together. Rather, especially in this current environment departments are fighting over need to remain relevant and establish job security.

Pros

Telecommuting, benefits are reasonable, commute is great.

Advice to Management

Why waste a ton of money on solar paneling, remodeling the HR offices and so forth? We should all be frugal during these tough times, HR is not excluded.

Pros

Tuition assistance, on-site gym, free flu shots, telecommuting, good benefits.

Advice to Management

Treat your employees with respect and listen to their ideas.

Pros

The health benefits at the Alliance include free flu shots, a monetary incentive for getting Sonic Boom steps, a full gym, lunch time fitness and yoga classes, lunch time lectures about healthy living and more. The work/life balance benefits include, hoteling, telecommuting and a 9/80 work schedule. The culture is collaborative in that all opinions are welcome. I know some employees who have complained about incompetent or micro managing supervisors/managers/directors, but I have been here eight years and have had eight different supervisors and every single one of them were good leaders who helped me do my job better.

Advice to Management

I have no complaints about management. Keep doing what you're doing!

Pros

The pay is really great!

Pros

- Benefits include: very good health plan, very good retirement plan, free fruit 2x a week, walking/physical activity program with quarterly monetary kick-back for reaching preset goals.

- On-site amenities include: on-site cafe, (not free, with decent food), gym, yoga, cross-fit, basketball court.

- Lots of nice people to work beside, that have a heart for the mission of CCAH.

- Easy commute from either side of Highway 17.

- Ample parking. Solar panels being installed to provide green power, and shade for parking (great during the hot summers in Scotts Valley).

Advice to Management

- *LISTEN* to your employees' feedback, during their one-on-one meetings with their managers and during their exit interviews. Taking in information and then doing nothing productive allows a toxic work environment to continue.

- You should invest in your employees. This includes allowing time (i.e. lack of constant projects/extra work) for additional training in products and disciplines that allows them to further support CCAH and adds value to their career. This shows that you care about them and want them to stay.

- Pay your employees more. Claiming to pay "the market rate" but constantly expecting more work because you can't/won't hire adequate resources doesn't cut it. My on-boarding was painfully slow; from initial phone call to actual first day on-site was 3 months (!!!). You will easily lose potential employees due to slow HR response times. I literally saw it happen several times while at CCAH. This added to my workload because our team was constantly under-staffed.

Pros

People here are committed to the mission of the organization, which I think is a positive factor in who the organization attracts and retains. My immediate team is supportive and collaborative, which makes coming in to work a pleasure, as opposed to a chore.

Work environment in Scotts Valley is pretty - set amongst trees, with a trail head onsite, along with fully equipped onsite gym. As others have mentioned, the PTO accrual is generous, and the 10% contribution to retirement (contribution, not match) is outstanding.

Pros

This is the best company I've ever worked for (and I've worked at quite a few). Leadership at all levels is approachable. The vision and mission of the company are important to me personally. This is a non-profit that provides healthcare to the underserved and I like being part of that. (I don't really want to work for a company to make the owners or shareholders rich.) The benefits here are the best I have ever had at any company. The PTO/time off is very good. They have implemented a lot of work-life balance programs that I'm very excited about. The onsite fitness facility is very nice. I cancelled my regular gym membership. I have never worked for an employer that contributes 10% of my salary to my retirement like the Alliance does. They have a town hall meeting every quarter to give updates to the company. There is an onsite cafeteria in Scotts Valley. The office is kept clean and in good working order. The online training programs are good. The company is focused on sustainability and this is important to me. Solar panels are being installed on all of the offices. I like how there is a good sense of team and community here at the company. There's a lot of good and important work going on and for the most part everyone seems to be working toward the same goals. I really like coming to work and hope to be here for a very long time. A new CEO started this year, and she came up through the company. Shows to me you can work hard and be recognized and rewarded for it.

Advice to Management

Work more on communication internally. I am looking forward to the new tele-commuting program.