Does Kaiser Permanente pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Kaiser Permanente employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Kaiser Permanente. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Kaiser Permanente?

69% of Kaiser Permanente employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Kaiser Permanente 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Kaiser Permanente?

Registered Nurse (776) , Medical Assistant (296) , Registered Nurse, BSN (276) , Customer Service Representative (252) , Project Manager (251) , Director (161) , LVN (148) , Staff RN (142) , Pharmacy Technician (136) , Physician (131) , Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) (130) , Intern (122) , Manager (114) , Administrative Assistant (111) , Consultant (111)

What are the pros of working at Kaiser Permanente according to real employee reviews?

"Great benefits and they work with my schedule while I am in school applying for my RN." ((in 3237 reviews)); "very divers and great pay" ((in 1928 reviews)); "As the saying goes "KP is great for people who don't need doctors...."" ((in 616 reviews)); "great work life balance and not too stressful" ((in 506 reviews)); "Good salary only and cab facility" ((in 346 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Kaiser Permanente according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management and lots of demand" ((in 771 reviews)); "Unfortunately I ended up with a bad manager and had to move on to get away." ((in 355 reviews)); "Reactive and micromanager style senior leadership." ((in 212 reviews)); "Company does not give you access to the vacation and CE time off that you have earned." ((in 190 reviews)); "Poor customer/staff service and uninformed upper management" ((in 146 reviews))

What are employees saying about Kaiser Permanente layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Kaiser Permanente layoffs and their outlook for job security at Kaiser Permanente in 2026.

Kaiser Permanente reviews

3.8

69% would recommend to a friend

(14,796 total reviews)

Gregory Adams

53% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Company ratings over time

Ratings trend for the last 6 months (14,796 reviews)

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Kaiser Permanente has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 14,796 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).

Reviews by job title

15K reviews

2.0

Jul 4, 2008

here until something better comes along

Bac

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

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

Kaiser is not a place for competent people

It manager

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.

2.0

Jun 28, 2008

like a city job

Registered nurse

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

secure job, no one gets fired here ever, all the employees have been been forever, it's like working for city government, good retirement and benefits package, know what your job is and what duties and responsibilities you are expected to do. there are a lot of branches and locations to transfer to

Cons

everyone says once you work at kaiser, no one else in the public or private sector will hire you. obviously kaiser suffers from bad reputation in the industry. lack of feedback of employee performance. hard to change things since so many employees have been here for so many years

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