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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2.0
Jun 12, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Great benefits, and in some positions you're actually helping people. I think that if you find the right department and the right group of people to work with, it would be a great place to work.

Cons

There's a horrible IT bureaucracy. There's little opportunity for growth. There's limited opportunity for training; they have some free training courses, but basically they don't pay for external training, and in a technical field, external training is the only useful kind. Management does not appear to trust employees, and more effort is spent on CYA than on accomplishing useful tasks. There's some homophobia in upper management (not much, but enough to notice).

5.0
Jun 12, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great benefits such as full medical, dental and generous vacation package. KPbelieves in doing the right thing for the patient. Ethical. I like how the organization supports is "Thrive" campain by not only having healty oriented classes for patients, but works to support employees toward better health. There's a weekly Farmers Market onsite, online tools to help with fitness and diet goals. They have health fairs so employees can get their health questions answered. Great education opportunities. Strong company growing--not stagnant. Feel like I have job security.

Cons

Being too big can be tough when you want to make changes "across the board"

1.0
Jun 12, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

It's a paycheck. You don't get wet on rainy days.

Cons

Ooooo, where do I start? Company union. Workers treated likes slaves. Not allowed to use phones unless "emergency." Prisoners get more feedback and communication than Kaiser workers do. Deadend assembly line-like job. Quality of care is last consideration. Even doctors have given up trying to buck the "Kaiser way."

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