Kaiser Permanente Reviews in Oakland, CA

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

Pros – Great work life balance, 8-5 is not too bad

Cons – Little growth opportunities, no Talent management and employee empowerment

Advice to Senior Management – Talent management and employee empowerment

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

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

Pros – Great for learning and growing.

Cons – They have a very strict sick policy at the hospital I work at, it depends on where you work though

Advice to Senior Management – If you want your patient scores to go up, don't counsel your nurses on overtime. they are going the extra mile to make patients happy. You will make more money if your patients are happy.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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

Pros – Ability to work with current IT technologies and smart people within the relative security of the Health Care/Insurance industries.

Cons – Large, bureacratic, and slow-moving; federated nature of organization often makes it feel like you're working with different companies altogether.

Advice to Senior Management – Be less risk-averse and conversative; encourage employees to take reasonable risks and reward them for it.

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

I worked at Kaiser Permanente as an intern for more than a year

Pros – Good benefits, there are a lot of nice people who work here. The company focuses on patient care at its very core. Innovative healthcare system.

Cons – If you want to get something done, you have to go through multiple processes through multiple people. Ad-hoc projects are almost non-existent. Great place for slow, patient people. If you want things done quickly, it won't be here.

Advice to Senior Management – Allow more flexibility in employee work processes.

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

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

Pros – • They take development seriously, and mid-year and year-end reviews are very regimented and enforced strictly.
• There are a lot of smart people who work here.

Cons – • Do not work with the Medicare line of business; the environment is toxic. They treat their internal partners horribly; make life difficult to force people to quit, publicly humiliate people in meetings, and treat vendors poorly.
• Most managers manage up; it's that kind of culture. So don't expect much support from your manager, and expect to be autonomous.
• There's a lack of true team cohesion. You don't really make friends here, there are no happy hours, etc. People work their eight hours and go home; it was the first job where I didn't leave having made any long-term friends. The culture seems cold and people for the most part keep their distance from each other.

Advice to Senior Management – Do something about the Medicare LOB; although they're a big contributor to the bottom line, they are burning people out. Attrition is high among the teams who work with the Medicare LOB; you're clearly aware there's an issue but refuse to do anything about it. I realize I sound bitter, but this was the worst job experience I've ever had.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Kaiser Permanente

Pros – 1.GREAT PEOPLE
2.DIVERSE
3.GREAT PAY
4.GREAT BENEFITS
5.GREAT RETIREMENT
OVER ALL AN AWESOME PLACE TO WORK!

Cons – Kaiser is a great place to work but as any organization can improve on cross training and implementing newer computer programs.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep innovation in the forefront of Kaiser to keep our company viable in the 21st century. Do invest more in our employees and less on properties.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Kaiser Permanente

Pros – Family work balance Good Benefit

Cons – Salary relative low and job is not challenge

Advice to Senior Management – Nice persons to work with

I worked at Kaiser Permanente

Pros – Great people and benefits package.

Cons – A very meeting driven culture.

Advice to Senior Management – None.

I worked at Kaiser Permanente

Pros – - Lots of smart, energetic people trying to do the right things to make Kaiser members healthier
- Great benefits, very good pay, and excellent vacation after you've been there a couple years ("The Golden Handcuffs")
- Huge variety of job opportunities and lots of potential to move around in Oakland (with national, regional, and medical center facilities all here)

Cons – - Huge and bureaucratic
- Internal communication often seemed to lag -- and connections/potential collaborations missed
- Some "dead wood" in different departments - have never seen anyone let go for underperforming when they probably should have been

Advice to Senior Management – - Help the younger/lower-down generation figure out how they can best contribute and learn -- they are the future of KP!!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Kaiser Permanente

Pros – Good benefits. Good culture. Good people.

Cons – Hierarchical, slow, bureaucratic, poor internal recruiting and human resources, lack of path for advancement.

Advice to Senior Management – Do a better job with internal recruiting.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend