Kaiser Permanente reviews

3.8

69% would recommend to a friend

(14,800 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 14,800 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).

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15K reviews
3.0
Jul 7, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Kaiser has great benefits. There is a definite culture of trying to provide medical staff with the appropriate tools for the job. Much effort is placed on trying to unify and standardize IT applications. Any system is a challenge, since it will likely be one of the biggest in the world.

Cons

Any system is a challenge, since it will likely be one of the biggest in the world. Many of the doctors can be whiney babies when they don't get exactly what they want, regardless of the implications to the bigger effort. They will try to end-around any system either technically or politically. They are rarely reigned in or reprimanded, since they are all partners in the medical group. Many of the IT staff are incompetent. Some lack knowledge of the clinical environment, and don't realize they need it. Others are just simply beyond help. Those who are competent are deluged with work until they become ineffective.

2.0
Jul 4, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

It's a job with a paycheck.

Cons

My only experience is with the KPHC project which is splendid display or incompetence and nepotism. Nearly all promotions go to (usually inexperienced and unqualified) offspring of senior KP people or college buddies of a particular mid-manager. Advance planning consists of putting out the fires caused by the lack of planning.

2.0
Jul 2, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Salary and benefits are comparable.

Cons

- Management team changes every six month and this impacts the teams.People are so insecure about their jobs that they resort to unethical behaviour. Middle management is full of incompetent people who cling to their jobs by brown nosing. - HR is useless. No action is taken against errant managers. To see how bad it is, just google "kaiser Permanente, sue, lawsuit" - In addition, most businesses are unprofitable and people had to forgo their bonuses/salary increase in most regions. - The enitre culture is such that it promotes incompetence.

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