Is Kaiser Permanente a good company to work for?

Kaiser Permanente has an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5, based on over 16,816 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 69% of employees would recommend working at Kaiser Permanente to a friend and 62% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Kaiser Permanente have been left by employees working as Intern - Hourly , Graduate Intern and Pharmacy Intern .

Does Kaiser Permanente pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Kaiser Permanente employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Kaiser Permanente. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Kaiser Permanente?

69% of Kaiser Permanente employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Kaiser Permanente 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Kaiser Permanente?

Registered Nurse (777) , Medical Assistant (296) , Registered Nurse, BSN (276) , Customer Service Representative (252) , Project Manager (251) , Director (161) , LVN (148) , Staff RN (142) , Pharmacy Technician (136) , Physician (131) , Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) (130) , Intern (122) , Manager (114) , Administrative Assistant (111) , Consultant (111)

What are the pros of working at Kaiser Permanente according to real employee reviews?

"Great benefits and they work with my schedule while I am in school applying for my RN." ((in 3276 reviews)); "very divers and great pay" ((in 1904 reviews)); "As the saying goes "KP is great for people who don't need doctors...."" ((in 613 reviews)); "Great work life balance and peaceful" ((in 495 reviews)); "Good salary only and cab facility" ((in 334 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Kaiser Permanente according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management and lots of demand" ((in 774 reviews)); "Unfortunately I ended up with a bad manager and had to move on to get away." ((in 358 reviews)); "Reactive and micromanager style senior leadership." ((in 205 reviews)); "Company does not give you access to the vacation and CE time off that you have earned." ((in 190 reviews)); "Poor customer/staff service and uninformed upper management" ((in 147 reviews))

What are employees saying about Kaiser Permanente layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Kaiser Permanente layoffs and their outlook for job security at Kaiser Permanente in 2026.

Kaiser Permanente reviews

3.8

69% would recommend to a friend

(14,800 total reviews)

Gregory Adams

53% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Company ratings over time

Ratings trend for the last 6 months (14,800 reviews)

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Kaiser Permanente has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 14,800 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Kaiser Permanente employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Healthcare industry (3.4 stars).

Reviews by job title

15K reviews

1.0

May 13, 2017

Management bully & lack of collaboration -very top down

Nurse manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

If you like to be a cog 'do the work, get paid, & go home' this is a great job For people who work to live outside work - invest time & creative energy in personal life not professional life this is a great job!!

Cons

Everything is decided in a bubble or on a cooperate level with little to know knowledge of the actual work

3.0

Feb 8, 2017

Np and pa are second class citizens at kaiser

Nurse practitioner

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Friendly team. Unfortunately nurses get paid more than a nurse practitioner with one year np experience but 15 nurse year experience

Cons

Poor pay for np/pa. Docs get ramped up to see pt load over 1.5 years. Np/pa get ramped up over 90 days. Union is good for nurses but leaves out the mid levels

4.0

Jan 8, 2017

You can make a difference but it takes time

Executive director

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Kaiser employees are super mission-driven and focused on doing the right things for members and the communities the organization serves. The IT organization, where I worked, has a really tough job trying to drive innovation through a change resistant culture; they hire top notch talent who are rock stars in their prior industries. Compensation and retirement packages won't make you rich, but they are fair and will provide some security. Health care benefits are awesome.

Cons

Driving change at KP is like trying to ride a bike through molasses. It takes an extraordinary amount of effort to change the way things are done and adopt modern innovations, partly because within health care, half baked processes can cause people great harm. However, KP's culture extends this conservatism and "analysis paralysis" into all of its business practices, not just clinical ones. To work here and make a difference, you have to be very patient, and figure out which execs have the organizational power to move your ideas forward, and then work through them. Some employees have been defeated by the inability to make progress, and there is somewhat of a free-rider problem in which a few employees take on most of the work while others do the minimum.

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Jobs at Kaiser Permanente

Level III Staff RN - Irvine / San Canyon - Ambulatory Infusion - FT (40) - 11:00 AM - 7:30 AM

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