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 (778) , Medical Assistant (298) , 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?

"They have great benefits and it is easy to get complacent working for this company." ((in 3260 reviews)); "Great pay and resources for time spent" ((in 1895 reviews)); "As the saying goes "KP is great for people who don't need doctors...."" ((in 614 reviews)); "Great work life balance and peaceful" ((in 501 reviews)); "Good salary and job stability" ((in 329 reviews))

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

"Poor management and lots of demand" ((in 786 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 350 reviews)); "Reactive and micromanager style senior leadership." ((in 219 reviews)); "Company does not give you access to the vacation and CE time off that you have earned." ((in 191 reviews)); "Poor customer/staff service and uninformed upper management" ((in 145 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

(14,812 total reviews)

Gregory Adams

54% 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 14,812 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

Jan 12, 2012

Decent pay worked to death no respect

Psychiatric social worker

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Pay for social workers is among the top 2 or 3. Health insurance is included. Possibility to transfer around state and US. Union is active and interested in restoring Union representation of emplyees rights.

Cons

management and above are incredibly powerful and connected to Federal Government and SEIU. NUHW broke from SEIU to represent Clinical and patient Care employees overlooked and overworked by Kaiser and SIEU in bed together. Managers are incompetent. Training is terrible. Benefits and Pay is being cut while Kaiser makes record profits with health Care Reforms.

1.0

Nov 30, 2011

Overall a very poor experience. Management in the EMR department is awful and the senior director needs to be fired.

Senior project manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Overall nice people except for the senior director and HR is very difficult to work with.

Cons

1) Very low salaries. 2) Poor management 3) Senior directors do not know the amount of work their employees are actually doing. 4) They do not know how to do resource allocations. 5) The physicians run the company. If they say do something, everyone jumps right on it even if it is not the most logical or strategic decision. 6) No strategic planning.

2.0

Nov 25, 2011

The Walking Dead work at KP

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits are super rich. The company travels well.

Cons

Great place for the complacent to spend time until retirement; unrelenting and grippingly slow structure makes it nearly impossible to innovate; senior leadership continues to drink kool-aid of their own making, so it tastes extra sweet from their own perspective; lifers are only interested in protecting their own jobs and those that they like; tons of inefficiency and waste; ridiculous focus on things that don't matter but make everyone look good; good people leave or are absorbed into te culture to work side by side with the zombies who just plod from meeting to meeting to meeting.....

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Jobs at Kaiser Permanente

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