Working at Kaiser Permanente in Pleasanton, CA: 31 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Pleasanton, CA Area

"Kaiser Permanente is an integrated managed care organization, based in Oakland, California, USA, founded in 1945. Kaiser Permanente is a consortium of three distinct groups of entities: the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and its regional operating subsidiaries, Kaiser Foundation, and the autonomous regional Permanente Medical Groups."

"Good perks if you are a FTE. Otherwise, it is a strange place to work and not particularly developer friendly."

"I have worked for KP for a while now and it is a great place to work and the people are amazing."

"I've worked for Kaiser Permanente for just over 1 year. Excellent employer. Management is fair and concerned with staff, Supervisors care about the work they produce and the health and mindset of their employees. Benefits are very good. Compensation is fair. Nice people to work with every day."

"I've worked for KP-IT since 2006. KP may be a leader in healthcare IT, however, still lot of room for improvement. Lots of very smart people there, however, their qualities are not always fully used due to turf-wars and politics."

"I worked for Kaiser on a two year contract. I found it to be a good experience, event though the project I worked on struggled in many areas, including launch and post-production support. The people were hard-working and fair. The company cares about their clients and their employees."

What do you like about working at Kaiser Permanente?

"It is a nice place to work and they are very professional."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"As it varies from group to group, I cannot quote it in general."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Nothing from my side to quote as all the groups within the company have their own style of management."

What do you like about working at Kaiser Permanente?

"I like what the company does for business, and I like what I do for the company."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"You need to come in as a contractor and then find a permanent position while you are there. Most jobs require experience there."

What don't you like about working at Kaiser Permanente?

"I worked for a manager who did not like women. Not much anyone can do about that."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Get 360 feedback on managers, listen to it, and apply it. I know people on my team gave excellent feedback on the manager we had and nothing was done about it."

What do you like about working at Kaiser Permanente?

"Good people to work with."

What don't you like about working at Kaiser Permanente?

"Too much politics involved."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Please look for skills."

"Positive."

What do you like about working at Kaiser Permanente?

"Facilities."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Make sure your career goals are properly matched with your job responsibilities."

What don't you like about working at Kaiser Permanente?

"Employee turnover."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Should be a little more employee friendly."

"I was not pleased with the political process of reviews."

What do you like about working at Kaiser Permanente?

"Flexibility of schedule."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"To get ahead, you have to be a yes person. If you are fine with agreeing blindly with those above you, this is the place for you."

What don't you like about working at Kaiser Permanente?

"Political agendas involved in performance reviews."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Take the 360's of supervisors seriously. There is a supervisor where 5 of their 7 staff rated her horribly, and she received a promotion."

"Good place to work and good application to work on."

What do you like about working at Kaiser Permanente?

"Great application to work and good process managed."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Prepare well on health insurance application."

What don't you like about working at Kaiser Permanente?

"Nothing now."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Contract ending due to vendor agreement of 2 years only."