Kaiser Permanente reviews

3.8

69% would recommend to a friend

(14,799 total reviews)
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Gregory Adams

53% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Kaiser Permanente has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 14,799 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 Salud industry (3.4 stars).

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4.0
Oct 1, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The benefits! Kaiser has some of the best benefits available. Where else can you get a free MRI or a $5 surgery. The pay is pretty amazing as well. I make about 1.5 times more than anyone else working for another company would make in my position. Add that with the benefits and the number increases to 2.5. Did I mention 120 hrs sick leave, 40 hours life balance, and 40-160 hours vacation a year?

Cons

Some departments are very heavy on micro-management. Managers do not think things through. They simply get ideas and implement them without getting feedback from their employees. The company does not treat their employees as assets and does not have a very good recoginition program in place.

4.0
Oct 1, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I'd have to say the best reason to work for Kaiser Permanente is the benefits. My daughter and myself have the best coverage imaginable. No copays for anything... office visits, surgery, hospital stays.... we only pay $5 for prescriptions and that is it.

Cons

I don't know how it is in other areas, but the Service Area that I work for does not do a very good job of showing their appreciation for a job well done. They make a lot of promises and then don't back them up, and it's always someone else's fault. I have received nothing but excelent reviews and taken on more work than I was hired to do, but the promotion that I was promised never came. And their explanation, someone else said that they don't have the budget for it right now. Obviously they have the budget, but why spend it if you don't have to?

4.0
Sep 29, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I think Kaiser Permanente offers so many oppurtunities for growth. That is one of the main reasons why I wanted to become a part of this company. I think the pay is decent compared to other companies. And the benefits are much better than other companies. No other company offers the type of benefits that we are offered through Kaiser. There are so many benefits outside of the job with your personal life in addition to the ones that have to do with employment. And no other job takes so much consideration with an individuals seniority at the job place.

Cons

I think the company is not strict enough with the attendance policy. I have held three positions at Kaiser and at all three of these locations, the attendance remains to be below standards. People take advantage of the sick time and vacation time that we are offered. And not to forget about the life balance time. I have never worked anywhere where it is okay for people to call off from work so much and come late and stil have a job without at least getting in trouble for it. I guess it has a lot to do with the union.

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