Kaiser Permanente Reviews in San Francisco, CA Area

Pros

Variety of opportunities, technological advancements, diversity in management

Cons

A lot of bureaucracy and oversight requiring excessive status reporting and planning.

Pros

Very diverse workforce & culture.

Cons

Too much variance from facility ti facility.

Pros

Benefits, Work-Life balance, flexibility, job security, gems exist in this organization

Cons

Oddly, very few opportunities for advancement. "It's always been done this way" attitude. If you're non-union, it's like pulling teeth to get any pay raises above the annual or standard 1%-4% "cost of living" raise. Decisions are made by management without a knowledgeable understanding of daily operations and impact on workforce (in their own departments!). Management gets to choose who completes their 360 evaluations on their own team - it used to be the entire department/team.

Advice to Senior Management

Do a better job at retaining good employees. Listen to the feedback provided by employees at the end of every year and take action.

Pros

Healthcare benefits (including $5 co-pay for appointments and $5 prescriptions)

Cons

Management is incompetent and doesn't know how to deal with its employees. It's about who you know. Management is hired or people are promoted with the best connections and relationships with others higher up.

Advice to Senior Management

Learn to listen to your workers and to not ignore what they say. Learn no how to deal with employees.

Pros

the benefits package is amazing if you can make it to retirement age
many of the colleagues are wonderful to work with

Cons

the hours worked that are not compensated and having to deal with management that treats you like a cog in a wheel; to do the job even if your private life suffers; the lack of flexibility

Advice to Senior Management

one of the reasons that companies like Google do so well with their employees is that they listen and try to accomodate; you need to treat employees as part of the team and not as the help

Pros

Opportunity to network and build relationships.

Cons

Very hierarchal and bureaucratic. Too many chiefs and not enough indians.

Pros

Good long-term benefits and room to move into other positions.

Cons

Salary may be a bit lower than in private industry and raises are small. The commute may be long if you live outside of the San Francisco.

Pros

Opportunity for advancement
Company with excellent values

Cons

The expected workload always ended in more hours than were possible if you wanted to get your work completed.

Advice to Senior Management

Communicate and share more information

Pros

Benefits are great, although not as good as they used to be, however if you work long enough to retire with benefits, it is excellent, including pension! Strong stable company with a great community drive. I felt the company valued diversity and had a great incentive on-line walking program. Entry level jobs can find growth opportunity, but at a certain level it seems to flatten out, making it more difficult to move ahead.

Cons

Bureaucratic and difficult to evoke positive change. Getting a "promotion" is challenging at times as you have to apply internally, interview and go thru many hoops to sit and wait for a while.

Pros

The benefita are unbelieveable, the people are great in the team and the work is not too tough when you are told what needs to be done.

Cons

Some of the Management does not seem to understand what they are asking for is not possible and are not willing to listen.

Advice to Senior Management

MORE TRAINING, MORE NOTICE, MORE ATTENTION TO NEW EMPLOYEES AND NOT LET PEOPLE GO BEFORE FULLY TRAINED!