Big Impact, Minimal Admin: CSEA California's Winning Program
Which employer’s benefits package will stand out from the competition? The most competitive one.
California State Employees Association provides a variety of employee services to affiliated organizations serving civil service employees, state managers and supervisors, university employees and retirees.
See how Purchasing Power helped their benefits package become a deciding factor for employees looking to for the right association to join.
Offering a benefits program that was top of the line didn’t affect CSEA’s bottom line.
In 2006, CSEA was in search of unique opportunities to make their benefits package more attractive to current and potential members. When a competitor’s computer purchasing program was brought to the attention of its Member Benefit Committee, CSEA agreed that the concept was intriguing and began accepting competing bids from several companies. According to its Member Benefits Director, Purchasing Power stood out from all the other proposals submitted because its bid response was “open, honest, and had no blurred lines.”
Since launching Purchasing Power in 2007, CSEA’s program has flourished. Of particular importance to CSEA’s Member Benefits Director is Purchasing Power’s spending limit feature. CSEA receives a lot of positive feedback about the program, and many members are repeat buyers. The most popular products are electronics, household items, jewelry and the vacation packages. From an administrative standpoint, the Member Benefits Director says the set-up and implementation phase was easy and that on an ongoing basis, it only takes one hour of her time per month to administer.
Today CSEA continues to partner with Purchasing Power to make its benefits package more competitive and its employees more satisfied.
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1. Purchasing Power Customer data populated in Tableau, pulled on 04.01.2024
2. CSEA participation rate is based on 2023 buyers/eligibles, divided by number of eligible customers for Affiliate clients who launched prior to 2023.
3. Q4 2023 CSEA customer demographics.
4. Nerdwallet.com: What is Median Household Income? 01.25.2024
5. Purchasing Power’s Value as a Benefit Survey for CSEA customers (all times, as of 4.2.2024)