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Kaiser Permanente
3.5 of 5 916 reviews
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Updated Jun 4, 2013
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3.5 916 reviews

                             

80% Approve of the CEO

Kaiser Permanente Chairman and CEO George C. Halvorson

George C. Halvorson

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75% of employees recommend this company to a friend
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Best place on earth to work!

Business Systems Analyst (Current Employee)
San Diego, CA

I have been working at Kaiser Permanente full-time for more than 7 years

ProsAwesome benefits, great employees, welcoming environment, always room for advancement

ConsMore locations for Medical Centers and actual Hospitals would be nice.

Advice to Senior ManagementContinue to communicate well with your employees and also provide feedback and welcome it at all levels. Positivity is contagious and word of mouth is the best way to promote a great place to work. Happy employees = great productivity

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Marriage and Family Therapist (Current Employee)
San Francisco, CA

I have been working at Kaiser Permanente full-time for more than 7 years

ProsIntegrated healthcare system, great people to work with

ConsVision not often communicated well

Advice to Senior ManagementCommunicate the vision of change

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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A great organization where people care about our members and patients above all else.

Senior Director (Current Employee)
Oakland, CA

I have been working at Kaiser Permanente full-time

ProsCommitment to providing affordable high-quality health care, which includes many millions of dollars of charitable care to hundreds of thousands of members.

ConsIt's a very large organization, and you have to know your way around it in order to do well.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Medical Assistant (Current Employee)
San Rafael, CA

I have been working at Kaiser Permanente part-time for more than 7 years

Pros- benefits
- atmosphere--teamwork
- salary
- i love the department i work in and my coworkers

Consthere is nothing bad i can say about my job i love going to work everyday

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Even keel

Senior Data Analyst (Current Employee)
Oakland, CA

I have been working at Kaiser Permanente full-time for more than a year

ProsCaring management. Meaningful work. Excellent benefits. Telecommuting.

ConsKaiser is a big ship on an even keel. Interpret that however you will.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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Very good company in the health care industry.

Senior Programmer Analyst (Former Employee)
Pasadena, CA

I worked at Kaiser Permanente full-time for more than 10 years

ProsExcellent benefits - very good multiple retirement plans, great vacation privilege, comparable salaries with market. Good working environment in the office.

ConsNothing I can think of.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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In it for the long haul.

Senior Staff Assistant (Current Employee)
Santa Clara, CA

I have been working at Kaiser Permanente full-time for more than a year

ProsKaiser is a great company to work for. My coworkers are all super friendly, happy with their jobs, and while there is no perfect world, I hear very little complaining. Senior leadership provides a lot of opportunity for career growth as well as personal growth. There are a LOT of programs offered to employees to promote health and wellness. There is definitely work/life balance for all employees at the facility I work at (that goes for salaried employees too, who are most vulnerable to losing that balance). I am sure every facility has it's own variable micro-climate, but as an organization overall I think Kaiser is class A.

ConsI can't think of one. I've only been with Kaiser 14+ months, so maybe I'm in the honeymoon phase. I mean, no company is without it's own struggles. There are growing pains related to trying to better yourself as a company, innovate, and improve, and as a forward-thinking company Kaiser employees experience that. But the general attitude is that these changes are embraced. Communication is high, which is probably why change is so accepted from the front-line up to senior leadership, and most all employees are dialed in to what is going on so that these changes don't really blindside anyone and therefore are less painful.

Advice to Senior ManagementMaintain your course!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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Great Organization to Work for ... Period!

Pharmacy Technician (Former Employee)
Largo, MD

I worked at Kaiser Permanente full-time for more than a year

ProsGreat work environment. Employees are well compensated. Wonderful opportunity for upward growth and advancement.

ConsMost job positions are Union baased; hence, seniority always prevails.

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A great organization to work for.

Learning Management Specialist (Former Employee)
Pasadena, CA

I worked at Kaiser Permanente full-time for more than 3 years

ProsIf you want to learn and grow Kaiser is the organization to work for.

ConsProjects are finite and contracts end when projects are done.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Great Place to Work

Pharmacist (Former Employee)
Los Angeles, CA

I worked at Kaiser Permanente as a contractor for more than 3 years

ProsKP cares more about patients more than the bottom line. Benefits and vacation time are amazing. If you have a family, everybody there is very family oriented and is very flexible

ConsLike all big organization, there is office politics.

Advice to Senior ManagementContinue what you are doing.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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