Kaiser Permanente Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Kaiser Permanente full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – KP has a very diverse work environment.

Cons – Due to size of company, sometimes it's difficult to determine how much of an impact one's contribution makes

Advice to Senior Management – Better communication amongst leadership and to direct reports

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

Current Employee – been working at Kaiser Permanente full-time

Pros – Pay is good; Benefits are great; work life balance is great

Cons – Minimal merit increases; slow moving; political

Advice to Senior Management – Get control of regions and stop duplicating efforts and investments.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Kaiser Permanente

Pros – good benefit with higher pay

Cons – mopping the floor all day

Current Employee – been working at Kaiser Permanente full-time

Pros – Free benefits is great. Opportunity to rise to other jobs, regardless of where you start. Plenty of entry level positions. Kaiser also helps pay for schooling if your career is going to be with them.

Cons – Quality of work varies from department to department. While maintaining the highest patient satisfaction, my department has so many internal problems that it makes one wonder why they haven't quit yet. Management doesn't do much to help the situations either.

Advice to Senior Management – Be harsher on employees, being a good manager doesn't necessarily mean you have to be a bad guy to your workers.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Kaiser Permanente full-time

Pros – Good benefits. If you get sick during the work day, the appointment line will usually squeeze you in at your work locations so you miss less time from your desk.

Cons – The past 18 months or so have been rough for employees close to or over 40. Rules are changing and usually the only way you find out is getting in trouble for breaking them. I have never seen so many write-ups and firings for minor and made-up stuff in my life. The union is too amazed at the brazenness of the supervisors to offer effective help. The new management is close to or under 30 and has no interest in listening to the "old way" of doing things. They are not knowledgeable about laws governing what we do but automatically assume they know more than the "old" employees. (And they call us old, too.)

Advice to Senior Management – Stop bringing in outside people or temps to fill supervisor or management positions. Stop playing games with the job postings and truly promote from within.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Kaiser Permanente full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – - Many passionate colleagues
- Stability with many opportunities
- Reasonable work/life balance

Cons – - Large political leadership environment
- Too much politics to get real work done
- Management are sometimes hypocrits regarding support of work/life balance
- Difficult to move upwards
- HR / Compliance is a joke - only care about protecting the company no interest in the employee

Advice to Senior Management – Listen more to the staff...reduce the politics...implement real 360 feedback and accountability at the manager levels....investigate HR / Compliance and assess their performance and accountability.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Kaiser Permanente full-time for more than a year

Pros – Lots of options for in house education and benefits are great

Cons – Slow moving lots of red tape

Current Employee – been working at Kaiser Permanente full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – great pay and benefits including medical, dental, and 401k match

Cons – medical care is only so so and morale can be very low

Advice to Senior Management – work on employee retention-- work with the employees-- union or non-union, to create a better work environment. Create a system where annual raises are based--at least partially-- on performance.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Kaiser Permanente part-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Good salary, stable company, good union

Cons – Poor management, worried about numbers not employees

Advice to Senior Management – Check managers if they're doing their job

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

Current Employee – been working at Kaiser Permanente full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – benefit is pretty good, lots of vacations, job is stable, not many lay offs. health insurance is cheap compared to other companies

Cons – not many chances for job advancement, salary is average, not as high as other companies