Kaiser Permanente reviews

3.8

68% would recommend to a friend

(14,826 total reviews)
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Gregory Adams

53% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Kaiser Permanente has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 14,826 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).

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1.0
Mar 18, 2010

A dead end

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Like everyone else here says: safe, good benefits, lots of PTO, casual environment, comfortable "feel-good" atmosphere. The company's overall mission is ethical, and it acts in compliance with local and federal regulations, taking measures to correct lack of compliance.

Cons

No career advancement path--there doesn't seem to be a clear way to get into management, and not much upward mobility once you get there. Most personnel are technophobes who are unwilling or unable to enact the business solutions that will make processes more efficient. Taking on extra work to compensate for others' slack is implicitly encouraged, viewed as a sort of "employee heroism" instead of a sign that there is a malfunctioning department. We like to joke that this company is a dinosaur, by which we mean big, old, and slow. It hurts to be spending the prime of my youthful working years in a place that will not let me take real control of the company, but hey, at least I'll never get fired no matter how bad of a job I do. Think about that the next time you go into one of our hospitals for treatment; I always do.

4.0
Mar 11, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits including a medical, dental, eye, IRA and an employer contributed savings plan.

Cons

Different entitites (Health Plan, Hospital and Medical Group) manifest as different cultures, different management styles and a lot of time spent on getting consensus over trivial matters. Labor/Management partnership needs better leadership as simmering tensions continue to exist and undermine the effort's noble purpose.

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