Blue Shield of California Environment Employee Reviews | Comparably
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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PARTICIPANTS
92
TOTAL
RATINGS
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Blue Shield of California Environment Employee Reviews

What is most positive about the culture and environment at your company?

The mission and values is what brings people to Blue Shield of California and it's a culture of giving and benevolence.

People genuinely care about you and what’s going on in your life. Everyone is supportive of your personal goals and want to help where they can. Very trusting people who are smart and are willing to hel

our team has created our own culture, and it feels really sweet and caring

Everyone is valued here and listened to.

Acceptance of who I am. I can bring my true self to work every day without fear. A strong accent on earning and development.

The fact that we have culture and well understood cultural values.

Collaborative

What needs to change to make the company culture better?

Team Chats (online) tend to be gossip and memes and reposting the same "Reminders" day after day. YET we are required to log in to the Daily Chat. It is distracting, often negative and sadly too many times Reps are sharing incorrect process / procedures.

Review Sentiment at Blue Shield of California

78
78%
22
22%

About Blue Shield of California's Environment

B+
73/100

Where This Score Ranks Blue Shield of California's Environment

TOP
20%

In the Top 20% of 1555 similar size companies on Comparably

TOP
40%

In the Top 40% of 738 companies in San Francisco

1st

1st place versus 2 competitors rated on Comparably

The environment at Blue Shield of California is considered positive by 77% of employees and regarded as having a “comfortably fast” work pace by 15 employees. Relative to its competitors, Kaiser Permanente and Sutter Health, Blue Shield of California's environment score ranks in 1st place. This also puts them in the Top 20% of 1555 similar sized companies (5,001-10,000 Employees) on Comparably and Top 40% of 738 companies in San Francisco.

Rate Environment the Highest

  • Department - HR
    +15%
  • Tenure - Less than 1 Year
    +13%
  • Ethnicity - Asian or Pacific Islander
    +10%

Rate Environment the Lowest

  • Department - Marketing
    -12%
  • Tenure - 1 to 2 Years
    -9%
  • Ethnicity - Other
    -8%

How Blue Shield of California's Environment Score is Calculated

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Results from 38 Employees in All Departments, All Genders, All Ethnicities and All Yrs. Experience Experience

AnswerPercent
7 or less3%
869%
1026%
122%
More than 120%
On average, how many hours do you work a day?
AnswerPercent
Extremely fast17%
Comfortably fast43%
Moderate31%
A bit slow3%
Bureaucratic6%
What's the work pace at your company?
AnswerPercent
Positive77%
Negative23%
Is your work environment positive or negative?
AnswerPercent
Yes60%
No40%
Does someone you work with closely, make you want to quit your job?
AnswerPercent
Yes63%
No37%
Do you have a close friend at work?
AnswerPercent
5% or Less70%
5-10%20%
10-25%0%
25-50%0%
50%+10%
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