Chugach Alaska Reviews

3.2

58% would recommend to a friend

(105 total reviews)

Sheri Buretta

65% approve of CEO

39% positive business outlook

Chugach Alaska has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 105 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Chugach Alaska employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Government and public administration industry (3.6 stars).

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105 reviews
2.0
5 Oct 2014

Run Away

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Pros

Pleasant office environment . Some interesting colleagues

Cons

The only way you learn any company news of real value is through the rumor mill. There was no communication about company's future plans to reorganize to the employees. There are so many subsidiaries each with executive staff that make big salaries and travel about to their contract sites for no discernable purpose yet staff salaries are flat. To save money, they do not bring in help when someone is out on extended leave; someone else has to do double duty. I was backup for a position when the incumbent took maternity leave, . Not only was I not compensated for working both jobs, my manager did not even thank me. Company seems unable to win new contracts. Benefits and leave were cut with no notice.

2.0
1 Mar 2014

A company on a downward spiral

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Independence; little supervisory oversight. Once you reach the 5 year mark, your time off increases. Received annual raises and bonuses, however, most are underpaid when compared with the market. Excellent rumor network.

Cons

Micro-management in that you must cc: your immediate supervisory on all email traffic and then when something is questioned, they do not recall the situation (pointless). Decline in all benefits. About 6-7 years ago, no employee responsibility for health insurance, but once they started making employees pay part, the rates have increased significantly every year, while the benefits have declined every year. 3-4 years ago they moved the goal posts for vacation leave accrual and removed a holiday. Only match 3% for 401K and about 2-3 years ago started charging employees to manage the 401K (including annual audits), with no advance announcement - found out when reviewing 401K statement. Abysmal corporate communication since day 1. Executive management must believe they have communicated what is going on within the company (because they spend so much time traveling to/from Anchorage to meet with each other), that they forget to share with the masses. Rumor mill currently on over drive due to lay offs 15 months ago and more layoffs this week. Company reorganized internally, yet failed to notify employees or even bother to share an org chart. Hard to know who/where to go once things changed. Communication is expected to flow upward; but very little communication from the top down. Company's mission statement is really a bunch of goals for a very distant future, since they do not operate that way today. How does a company that hit the $1B mark sink so quickly?

1.0
4 Sept 2013

These people are so cheap

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Hard to think of any.

Cons

They are cheaper than cheap, and they are government rip-off artists. I have been here since before they took over the contract at Tinker AFB. They do as little as possible to get by. They are screwing the government and the tax payers out of tens of thousands of dollars. They are very adept at hiding the truth and the facts from the government. They are pretending to do work they don't actually do. They write "completed" on their work forms, and never do anything. Unfortunately, no one is looking over their shoulder, so they get away with it.

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