Kaiser Permanente reviews

3.8

69% would recommend to a friend

(14,804 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 14,804 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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15K reviews
1.0
Jul 30, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Pros – good benefits for full-time staff only good and fair ETO earned time off for full-time staff only great place to work if you have kids ( you can take off when needed for school functions) the workers are plesant and easy to work with if you need to leave early typically not a problem

Cons

Cons – thoughfull plesant leadership is lacking. creative talent can not be utilized to their full potential. templeted designs, so very little room for creative exploration. do not project a thought on how it can be improved or done better; keep opinions to yourself this will ensure process and keeping management at a distance - play the game. year end goals put everyone in a bad mood. very limited holiday time off, expect to work the day after Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years unless it falls on a weekend. leadership and seniority staff take off every holiday period so you will be working with a few other temps or lower seniority full time staff. must befriend a manager if you want to get ahead. allot of favoritism exist, it will take you forever to make friends in this place no matter how hard you try everyone is out for themselves no matter what you do for people. decision is not a word that is used or understood, you will spend allot of time re-doing things over and over for no apparent reason or understanding, if you ask then your questioning authority or have an attitude, someone with an open mind or thinks rationally this is the worst possible scenario to work in. it is a us ( management ) vs. them ( employee) mentality. managemnt does not respect employees and make comments about the ones they don't like with other employees in meetings. everyone speaks in Kaiser"isms" and the acronyms will take you months to learn, its another language spoken fluentley everyday.

3.0
Jul 26, 2012

Good Benefits / Bad Leadership

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good Health Insurance Good Time Off Structure ( except for major holidays ) Good for people who are underachievers, people with kids, time clock punchers

Cons

passive aggressive management style ( not a fan of ) mid-level leadership needs to improve their behavior Management target people they did not like aggressively favortisim exist with old timers who don't really contribute work the day after Thanksgiving and Christmas if it falls during the week Goals, and 360 reviews are torture

1.0
May 30, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

• They take development seriously, and mid-year and year-end reviews are very regimented and enforced strictly. • There are a lot of smart people who work here.

Cons

• Do not work with the Medicare line of business; the environment is toxic. They treat their internal partners horribly; make life difficult to force people to quit, publicly humiliate people in meetings, and treat vendors poorly. • Most managers manage up; it's that kind of culture. So don't expect much support from your manager, and expect to be autonomous. • There's a lack of true team cohesion. You don't really make friends here, there are no happy hours, etc. People work their eight hours and go home; it was the first job where I didn't leave having made any long-term friends. The culture seems cold and people for the most part keep their distance from each other.

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