Pros
Lots of interesting projects and growth, but KP moves slower than other organizations as it runs a bit more conservative and bureaucratic. This can be a benefit in shielding it from costly spending on a fad or trend that crashes, but sometimes means that the organization is slower in making some necessary shifts. Everyone is deeply invested in ensuring excellent patient care and in maximizing affordability to members and this does shape each decision made. Very 9.00 - 5.00 culture with the exception of the usual fire drills or heavy days leading up to a big project's debut or approval meeting. Strong compensation and benefits, and an East Bay vs. SF location.
Cons
If you're young, the pension isn't super attractive but is core to the total compensation package - you aren't eligible until 5 years, and most younger staff would prefer 401(k) matching. Sense that most feel they have to make upward moves across teams as many staff are very tenured (5 yrs +) in their role and it's difficult to move up within a team. Workforce is older (late 40s + 50s) and feels far more corporate than a tech company in the Bay Area. Working from home is possible but isn't encouraged. Very corporate structure makes onboarding and identifying the right office to help troubleshoot onerous - it took days to get a functional laptop and 3 hrs on the phone to get my mobile device working. Paperwork arrives from a variety of offices via mail, email and the online portal and it's confusing to identify what is and isn't necessary or complete. Tech is a bit out of date - mostly due to the necessary security precautions. Organization is finally phasing out Lotus/IBM Notes for email for Office 365/Outlook. Difficult or impossible to use some of the collaboration tools most younger workers are used to being able to leverage (Google docs/forms, Evernote, online project mgmt tools, etc).