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Blue Shield of California's mission is to ensure all Californians have access to high-quality health care at a sustainably affordable price. We are transforming health care in a way that truly serves our nonprofit mission by lowering costs, improving quality, and enhancing the member and physician experience. Headquartered in Oakland, CA, we're proud to service over 4.5 million members and employ more than 7,500 people. We're an independent member of the Blue Shield Association. In 2015, we acquired Care1st Health Plan, now named Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan, a provider-founded managed care company based in Los Angeles County, to help us fulfill our mission of providing all Californians with access to high quality, sustainably affordable care. read more
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Q&A With Blue Shield of California Employees

Blue Shield is committed to creating and sustaining a great workplace. Our employees help us create a create a community that in turn helps us fulfill our mission.

How employees describe working at Blue Shield of California

Great place to work at.

Flexibity on where you can go to receive care.

Customer service the concierge people dealing with bills

Constantly denying claims in the past several months.

Responsive Customer Service When yoju call them

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What it's like to work at Blue Shield of California

  • Blue Shield of California employees generally work 8.6 hrs a day
  • Employees at Blue Shield of California report the work pace is comfortably fast
  • On a typical day, employees at Blue Shield of California have 2 meetings
  • 85% of Blue Shield of California employees look forward to interacting with their team every day
  • Blue Shield of California employees most often take 20-30 paid vacation and sick days each year
  • 50% of Blue Shield of California employees report they are happy with their work life balance
  • Blue Shield of California employees typically get valuable feedback on how to improve at work Every Week
  • 77% of Blue Shield of California employees call their work environment positive

Q&A With Blue Shield of California Employees

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  • Cost of healthcare

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Asked to all employees at Blue Shield of California

  • Good manager. Good coworkers. Exciting environment. Good challenges

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Asked to all employees at Blue Shield of California

  • Need more motivation

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  • Understanding the work their employees actually do.

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Aggregated Employee Answer on Comparably

  • Blue Shield of California employees rate their overall benefits a B+ and most of them think the perks are Good. 75% of Blue Shield of California employees say they are satisfied with their benefits. The majority of employees also get 0-10 days of paid vacation, and most of the employees believe the cash value of their benefits is less than $500/mo.

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Aggregated Employee Answer on Comparably

  • 62% of the same employees also feel like Blue Shield of California is invested in their career growth. On average, majority of employees do not have a mentor to help them navigate their career at Blue Shield of California.

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Aggregated Employee Answer on Comparably

  • Blue Shield of California employees rate their manager a B or 70/100 and the majority believe their manager truly cares about them as a person. Most of the employees (80%) also doesn't feel comfortable providing negative feedback directly to their boss.

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Aggregated Employee Answer on Comparably

  • Blue Shield of California employees rates their pay and overall compensation a B or 71/100. 61% of employees believe they are paid fairly and 75% of employees get raises every year.

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49% of Blue Shield of California employees would encourage their friends to become coworkers, whereas 18% are neutral and 33% would not recommend working at Blue Shield of California to their friends.

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