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Alberta Blue Cross reviews

2.6

23% would recommend to a friend

(291 total reviews)

Ray R. Pisani

31% approve of CEO

21% positive business outlook

Alberta Blue Cross has an employee rating of 2.6 out of 5 stars, based on 291 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Alberta Blue Cross employee rating is 28% below average for employers within the Insurance industry (3.6 stars).

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291 reviews
1.0
Jan 16, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Full time employment. Daytime weekday hours.

Cons

DO NOT. I repeat, DO NOT bother yourself into thinking that a sales position at this company will lead you to a career with Alberta Blue Cross. Do not believe what they sell you at the interview. Do not believe the mantra that they are "always hiring to fill all the cubicles". They are always hiring because they treat you poorly and if you do not make sales, they'll kick you out the door no matter how hard you work. If you do not know personally or are not related to someone who works at this company, don't bother, you'll just be a number to them. And good luck advancing or going anywhere in your career at this company. People quit or are let go for not making 100% of sales within 3 months. Training at the beginning seems great but don't let yourself be fooled, I'm not the weakest link and neither are you. Don't put your energy into this place. As a former employee,I do not recommend it AT ALL. Stick with whatever job you currently have or keep looking, because if you take more sick days than the arbitrary number that they will tell you is "group average" you'll be in trouble BIG TIME. And if you say that you are actually sick, you've become sick due to the undue stress, well I wish you luck and would tell you either way to move on, you can make more money elsewhere. Do not work here in any sales role, maybe other roles are great but don't bother with any sales rep roles in this company. They are a not for profit that acts like a corporation and pours whatever money you make them not into your commission but into management salaries and advertising. My advice,don't bother,those guys already make enough, you don't need to pad their wallets... You will be told you can never work hard enough, never take enough calls, and oh, if you are sick you poor human, well you'd better robot up and not take beyond the company average of sick days. Don't count on having time to grab a cup of tea or go pee ether because calls are waiting and you need to take more calls. If you don't believe me, take the job and please enjoy realising that I'm not lying. You do not want a sales job here, I've been treated much better and under much less stress at many retail positions. Don't bother with this place. Oh, and don't bother contacting HR,they are no better. Save yourself the pain.

2.0
Feb 5, 2017

Web Designer

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Decent position for entry level applicants, good continuing education program.

Cons

Work and projects are not thought out properly, work environment is stressful (workload and drama/negativity within the department), they ask you to be proficient in all types of media (web design, web development, graphic design, video production, etc) while still paying you as an entry level web designer, lack of opportunities to move up within the company, salary not really competitive or consistent within coworkers with same job title.

1.0
Jan 17, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There are a lot of wonderful people who work at Blue Cross. If you actually got a chance to make those bonds with your co workers. You had to sneak in chat time... And I wish I could say that wasn't a true fact. Also, I did enjoy the flex time which allowed me to have a healthier way of living outside of work because you will not get it otherwise in this department.

Cons

The Health Services Department is a terrible work environment. The isolate you from your "team" but they contradict this by always stating the importance of team work. That is not the case at all and believe me. You are not encouraged what so ever to have conversations with your coworkers. It is highly frowned upon and the morale within the department is incredibly low because of this. The managers are always keeping an eye out for people who chat and you will get spoken to about it. They are so focused on the claims that they do not allow any socializing and people walk around there with there head hanging low. People are scared to talk there and I was uncomfortable all the time. You hear clicking of the keyboard all day and although you are not allowed to speak that does not stop the managers from having a little tea party in there offices and carrying and laughing away. The workers notice this and it is a double standard. Yes, they do promote healthy living but unfortunately the healthy part is not in the job description. It is the most toxic and uncomfortable I have ever been in a company. The department is top heavy and I really would like to know what the team manager did all day. They chose favorites to become promoted. They also treat you like children. I have never seen such amateurs in my entire life. It seemed like 30 percent of the people who were trained once hired ended up leaving. I trained with one hire and they did not even finish the training. They got out because they do not tell what the job really entails in the interview. It is misleading even though many questions were asked. I was highly disappointed when I found out how it was going to be. Very few people are sincerely happy there. Everyone pretends because you could easily lose your job there due to the company being non profit. You are replaceable. You expected to be a robot, plugging in numbers with little to no socialization. If you are a huge introvert then yes this job would be for you. Otherwise you will find out quick that this entire review was genuine and true. All factual information. I could not stand that place and despised going in every single day. It is a depressing job. You couldn't pay me enough money in the world to go back there.

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