Kaiser Permanente Reviews in Los Angeles, CA Area

Pros

Great place to work, if you get hired full time.

Cons

They keep their "contractors" for years. Really not much of a chance of getting hired on full time, unless you maintain as a contractor for a long time. Matrix organization.

Pros

Follow labor laws, fair salary, greatest benefits

Cons

Not so much of downside but more work to achieve quality healthcare for patients

Advice to Senior Management

Electronic fax, wireless ekg

Pros

Good benefits and work/life balance.

Cons

Upper management is underhanded in withholding information from staff and there is just too much politics involved. People who know nothing about their job responsibilities somehow hang onto their jobs! People in leadership positions are too busy spending hours at the gym, in the middle of the day. Or talking on their cellphones outside.

Advice to Senior Management

Don't be threatened by true talent-they will only make YOU look better. Stop holding people down and reorganizing for your own selfish agendas. The PeoplePulse results will tell the truth.

Pros

Pay is good. Able to transfer to other departments easily.

Cons

Politics . You have to know someone to keep your job and get ahead.

Advice to Senior Management

Take some leadership courses.

Pros

The Health Insurance is free.
It starts from the first day.
Don't have 3rd party insurance issues to deal with

Cons

Every action is documented in metrics much like CVS. Emphasis is on speed of sticking labels , not quality of patient interaction. Computer programming issues had me spend many useless hours moving items out of a pending cue, something that could have been easily automated. Instead of being trained for my eventual position, I was put on the line and constantly judged on how fast I was and hence never gained the skills I needed to succeed on a solo assignment on the graveyard shift. I was told I could come in on my own free time to shadow my shift counterpart to gain the requisite skills required to succeed.

Advice to Senior Management

When faced with several failed tries at filling a solo position on the night shift, it would be useful to look at how much time was spent on instruction and whether it was a genuine effort or were those people just going through the motions.

Pros

Great pay and benefits, opportunities for growth and promotion within the organization

Cons

Large company with unions, physicians own the medical group

Advice to Senior Management

Listen to the employees needs

Pros

Highly competitive salaries and benefits, and a healthy amount of "earned time off" (ETO).

Cons

Limited professional mobility for communicators, organization is secretive about salaries even internally.

Advice to Senior Management

Let employees see their HR file without going to manager. Disclose salary ranges for open jobs.

Pros

Best benefit package. Starts with more than normal vacation and sick days.

Cons

Promotion takes long time. People above never quits.. until their retirement.

Pros

comprehensive benefits
free, quick appointments & $5 co-pay (I think this has been raised)
flexible schedules
room for advancement
great staff team
professional

Cons

moderate on pay scale to start, but increased bi-annually

Advice to Senior Management

Continue to be flexible and you will continue to retain staff and get the best from employees

Pros

representation from the union , yearly raises , guaranteed heath, dental, 401k, etc, generous vacation time off given , facility performance based incentives for bonus pay.

Cons

you will find more incompetent employees that abuse the system because as long as they have union representation its hard for Managemt to fire/discipline them

Advice to Senior Management

Very satisfied employee, The best place to work for