Kaiser Permanente reviews

3.8

68% would recommend to a friend

(14,824 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 14,824 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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3.0
Nov 9, 2009

Kaiser Permanente Management

Anonymous employee
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Pros

KP has good pay, generous time off and benefits and advanced resources, equipment, etc. Training support for new hires is good. Opportunity for advancement varies depending upon department.

Cons

Middle management is stretched too thin. High stress level and difficult to really take time off. Salary compression for long term employees. Union environment makes management challenging, and union staff have some better benefits than management and pay is too close to management, i.e., I had staff reporting to me that made $0.05 less than me and pay nothing for medical benefits, where I pay $340/month.

4.0
Nov 6, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Mission Ethical Stance, including but not limited to community action Lots of resources Very high caliber of associates Good benefits package, fair compensation structure Our work can impact large numbers of people, internally and in the community

Cons

This is a huge organization; it can seem impersonal at times and some policies, while not bad in and of themselves, can seem to be arbitrary or negative when viewed from an individual perspective.

2.0
Nov 4, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Salary. Pension after 5 years to be vested. Good inservicing program. Nurses supported by California Nurses' Assn. Union.

Cons

Kaiser keeps adding more and more responsibilities to the nurses job description. It is impossible to provide excellent nursing care AND excellent documentation. If you take the time to do your job well and document well they will tell you you have time management problems. Many managers and assistant managers do not have advanced education. When I was hired by Kaiser, I was told if you worked in a position for 6 months, you were eligible to apply for another position - and they would train you. In 3 1/2 years, I applied for over 20 transfers, but was never able to change my position. However, we had 5 managers come and go during that time. Kaiser rewards mediocracy. Most meds and patient care items are "generic", but they want nursing services to be "distinctive" while providing nurses substandard resources and support.

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