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 (275) , 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?

"They have great benefits and it is easy to get complacent working for this company." ((in 3209 reviews)); "Great pay and resources for time spent" ((in 1885 reviews)); "As the saying goes "KP is great for people who don't need doctors...."" ((in 625 reviews)); "Great work life balance and peaceful" ((in 496 reviews)); "Good salary and job stability" ((in 333 reviews))

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

"Poor management and lots of demand" ((in 771 reviews)); "Impossible for them to adequately represent you when they have the same supervisor you do and managers have access to 100% of your calls." ((in 359 reviews)); "Reactive and micromanager style senior leadership." ((in 213 reviews)); "Company does not give you access to the vacation and CE time off that you have earned." ((in 171 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

(14,794 total reviews)

Gregory Adams

53% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

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Kaiser Permanente has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 14,794 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

3.0

Jun 18, 2008

Poor work environment (weekends and during holidays - Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years). Sweatshop.

It project manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits. Nice people to work along side with. Organized. Everyone gets an office!

Cons

KP IT is a sweatshop, as it hires 1 person for 2 jobs. If you want to work long hours, weekends, holidays, then this is the place for you. Senior mgt doesn't care about how it treats its employees. They schedule a major go - live during Christmas which means an entire project team (hundreds of workers) were working Christmas, Thanksgiving, and New Years. And afterwards, not even a thank you of appreciation. Most employees work during lunch because they are stressed, swamped and teams are understaffed. There are constant re-org's which can cause moral to be low.

4.0

Jun 18, 2008

Good Culture. Allows Work/Life Balance.

It consultant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I was engaged in a technical consulting capacity for Kaiser Permanente. The staff is competent and professional. I've been in some pretty political environments over my career, and I would rate Kaiser's IT Department on the lower end of non-productive political machinations. There is a solid effort to align IT with the business requirements, and the staff seems on board with this. Projects are undertaken only with approved business cases, and are by and large properly established with respect to scope, time, and resource constraints. Work/Life Balance can be achieved.

Cons

As an external technical consultant, as a policy, I do not provide negative feedback on prior clients.

4.0

Jun 16, 2008

two steps forward one step backwards

Contract manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Job benefits (medical) and mission (health care) of the company. This is a non-profit company where corporate profits (greed) dominates the agenda.

Cons

The fact that the company is not profit oriented results in the company not making managerial changes which would result in a better operating company. The deadwood is slow to be cleaned out in contrast to a for profit environment. Also, the senior members of the company appear to be in their "last" jobs and just waiting till retirement. The company needs to have Sr. Managers that have a forward looking orientation that are in the "growth" mode w/ respect to their careers

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