Central California Alliance for Health Reviews

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

Working at the Alliance has been such a positive experience for me. In my time here, I have not experienced a day where I dread coming to work. Actually, I look forward to coming to work and seeing my coworkers and doing my job. The benefits are great, getting paid to walk and be active is not something every company has. All three locations have an on site fitness center. Although, the fitness centers were not created equally there is not much to complain about. As others reviewer’s have mentioned... we do get free fruit twice weekly. There is a sense of unity and teamwork, especially when Halloween and the holidays come around. Departments come together throughout the year to raise money for the food bank. Our CEO is the prime example that if you work hard you can be recognized for it. She has had several positions within the company throughout the years. It’s great to know that our CEO really understands and comprehends the culture, values, and mission of the Alliance.

Advice to Management

See above for compensation!

I know there are some micro managers out there. I have not had that experience personally but I do know of great employees that have left due to poor management. Some departments can become really unified with better management. Again, I have not experienced this myself but unfortunately, many of my fellow Alliance employees have.

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.

Pros

There are probably too many pros to fit in this space, so where do I begin? The Alliance has a tremendously important mission: to help keep the communities it serves healthy. They do this by maintaining and continuously improving a health care coverage network that serves 1/3 of the population in its communities.

The gravity of this responsibility can't be understated, and the opportunity to help fulfill this mission attracts many talented folks to the Alliance. Colleagues constantly seek to innovate and enhance the Alliance's ability to achieve this mission, and the resulting culture is representative of a respectful, collaborative organization with a unified purpose.

Benefits are ultra across the board. Beyond the affordable healthcare, generous PTO and meaty retirement contributions, I enjoy the little things the Alliance does to keep employees happy and engaged -- team events, awards and swag, Costco and gym memberships... those sort of things, which never fail to surprise and delight.

I wake up every day excited to work with my colleagues and to help make a difference. The days and weeks fly by, leaving me fulfilled and wanting for more. Joining the Alliance was a great decision, and I encourage others to seriously check it out. (Oh, and I can't wait to experience the legendary Halloween madness here.)

Advice to Management

As the Alliance continues to grow and evolve, it will be important to find new and creative ways to continue to nurture the organization's amazing culture. Organizational culture is a bit like a rare flower garden in that it must be carefully attended to in order to ensure its continued yield. I hope the Alliance will continue to cultivate its supportive culture for many years to come.

Pros

Great benefits, PTO, telecommuting if your position qualifies

Advice to Management

relocation opportunity should be given no matter what the review status depicts... you are opening up the program to all employees which gives them a chance to work closer to home... but yet have denied several people based on reviews, their review should not be a factor to why they are not able to work closer to home...sounds very unfair.

Pros

Company Mission and values serving community

Pros

The benefits and perks are great. People can take and use all their PTO. Get every other friday off is nice.