Washington State Health Care Authority Reviews

Pros

Good pay. Set holidays. Option to telework.

Cons

Poor management/leadership. Supervisors across teams cherry pick rules to enforce and omit. No consistent expectations. No work life balance. Lack of accountability of leadership is solving or support employee satisfaction. Superficial displays of employee concern.

Pros

Free Parking Close to I5 Job security

Cons

Most if IT came from dept of corrections, nepotism much? Hiring process can be a joke, eliminating more qualified candidates for people you know. Not only wastes candidates time, but those people who referred them to HCA in the first place. Former CIO more concerned with status and image, making claims and promises his teams couldn't accomplish. Of course he surrounded himself with enablers, ie. DOC'ers. Then he gets escorted out of the building... New CIO has no spine, don't know how long he'll last. Overall not much different than any other WA agency. If you like dysfunction and lack of leadership this is the place for you.

Pros

Salaries are okay for a state employer.

Cons

The strategic direction of the agency is unclear. The executive leadership team is responsive to change instead of planning for change. The agency is slow to improve performance.

Pros

Flexible with telecommuting. Policy area is managed very flat so you have lots of ability to contribute your ideas. A lot of very kind and smart folks work here that could easily make way more in the private sector but are committed to public service.

Cons

The way data is managed at the agency is kind of a mess and doesn't work well. Some of the program staff especially on the PEBB side can be overly risk averse to good policy/innovation.

Pros

Interesting work with people who care about their jobs. Also, nice flexibility with telecommute options etc

Cons

Need some change management especially in PEBB program