Kaiser Permanente Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"KP is not for everyone."

What do you like about working at Kaiser Permanente?

"Balance of work and life, pay and benefits."

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

"Politics."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Reduce unnecessary work, especially unreasonable audit."

"Only if you need the money and a short term job."

What do you like about working at Kaiser Permanente?

"The work itself was interesting and a person could gain good experience and exposure to the industry and how it works. I have worked in various departments at KP that were ok at best. The last job was awful with program office. Not worth working there."

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

"Be very clear about what you are looking for. Ask them about the person that you are replacing and why they left. Get a couple of references or talk to people in the group about the work environment."

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

"In my last position at program office, a hostile work environment was created. Pettiness, backstabbing, little to no training, inflexible management, inept management. Top down result setting with little input from the people who actually do the work. Kaiser is like working for the government. Though there are good managers, they usually leave or get relegated to the back of the room. Current management is more concerned with cutting cost and people and not in making strategic choices. Nepotism is rampant. Offshoring of jobs. KP is not a place where I would want to have a career. Its a place where you can get experience, but I would not stay in one department for very long."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Listen to staff. Be more flexible with work schedules. Provide documentation and training. Provide tools needed to do job when person arrives. I was at the job for 3 months and still did not have all my access or ids to log on systems. It was a waste of time. I was not trained yet expected to do a perfect job. Anytime a mistake was made no matter how small, there was a meeting called and the situation was over-analyzed. Managers micromanaged the entire situation. Made the environment stressful and ridiculous."

"Horrible place to work."

What do you like about working at Kaiser Permanente?

"Good pay and benefits."

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

"Don't work here."

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

"Lack of professional talent in the organization."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Hire people who have college degrees."

"Excellent but the floor I work on is too difficult and can't seem to get transferred out of unit."

What do you like about working at Kaiser Permanente?

"Excellent benefits and wages."

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

"If you don't have much seniority to can't get a change in position."

"130K."

What do you like about working at Kaiser Permanente?

"Great staff. Always there to help you."

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

"Nothing."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep up the good work!"

"It's a pleasure to talk about KPIT."

What do you like about working at Kaiser Permanente?

"It's a pleasure to be part of the team."

"It's a big company with big company mentality."

"Great place to work."

What do you like about working at Kaiser Permanente?

"Working with the people."

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

"Some of the narrow minded management."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They have cleaned it up."

"Worst job ever."

What do you like about working at Kaiser Permanente?

"The people I worked with."

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

"Don't."

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

"The union dues that had to be paid with no help from the union with keeping the surgical coding positions open."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Get new management."

"Too much offshoring of work at this time."

What do you like about working at Kaiser Permanente?

"The people I worked with and the staff I supported."

"A good place to work."

What do you like about working at Kaiser Permanente?

"It is closer to home and free benefit."

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

"Be consistent."

"Laid off of this position after 2 years."

"Kaiser Permanente really is the number one employer."

What do you like about working at Kaiser Permanente?

"I liked that KP was just as committed to its employees as well as the patients they served."

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

"Be impressed to interview with the greatest healthcare company. All three in one (hospital, clinicians and insurance)."

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

"I love Kaiser Permanente. They were good for me and my career. Tremendous opportunities for advancement."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"None. They were VERY professional and worked as team. The trend they started that almost obliterated adversarial roles of management and staff."