Kaiser Permanente Reviews

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 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 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 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

Current Employee – been working at Kaiser Permanente full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Great mission that builds on its roots and commitment to what's right. Financially conservative in some ways, which leads to relative job stability. People here truly care.

Cons – Management in marketing is not so great. Many poor hiring decisions at executive level have led to turnover at mid-to-senior level management level. Mid-level management misbehavior is tolerated too long without being addressed. Staff feels lack of vision, other than that we need to save money and work more efficiently.

Advice to Senior Management – Give equal value to seasoned ("legacy") folks and newer folks with varied experience. The old way alone will no longer work, but moving forward without valuing historical knowledge will sink us. Truly empower us and don't treat us like children with management theory cliches (this mesage to a select few)

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 – People are very friendly. Nice place to work.

Cons – Some managers are not up-to-date on tech.

Advice to Senior Management – It would be great if management can improve their tech skills.

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 part-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Kaiser provides a wonderful service to its members having all medical services under one roof so to speak. I have found that patients are able to be treated faster and more accurately with this system. As an employee, knowing we provide a better service to our members makes for a positive outlook. Kaiser pays very well, and provides exceptional medical benefits to its FT and PT employees. There are lots of other benefits such has vacation time, sick leave, education leave that make working there even more rewarding. I have also made many many friends throughout the Kaiser network.

Cons – In my experience at Kaiser, the hardest thing to deal with has been the fact that there is hardly any accountability for employees who are not performing up to par. This is partly due to the fact that many areas are union, which makes disciplinary action difficult. This issue can be a bit of a drag for other employees, and can affect members/patients as well.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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

Pros – Great Benefits, Good Pay, Lots of opportunities

Cons – Heavy Work Load in patient care areas.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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

Pros – Very good people to work with... Never bored always busy.

Cons – Red Tape is getting worse.

Advice to Senior Management – Don't over analyze everything. Too much time and money is spend trying to justify things. Be creative.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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

Pros – Great benefits; great salary; practically every sort of field, job, or discipline under the sun; brilliant people; my job allowed me to foster relationships with hundreds of people throughout the US.

Cons – Depending on the department, there may be little chance for advancement opportunities. Salary increases tend to be small - typically 2-4%. Highly regulated organization (Federal, State, Local), so there are strict limitations on business processes, etc.

Advice to Senior Management – Consider increasing "rank & file" staff in your department - those who must handle the daily work to keep everything running - in addition to creating and filling senior leadership roles.

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