Kaiser Permanente reviews

I had the worst experience working at this Kaiser location, Step Down 6West. If you are new employee they will give you the heaviest patients. If you try to complain they don't care. There was a charge nurse that thought she owned the unit. Unprofessional, rude, ignorant probably went to school in her home country, no manners whatsoever. I never experienced anything like that since I became a nurse, never had any problems at any jobs. That unit was a horrible place to work. No break room and we all know that 30 minutes lunch is not enough to go to the cafeteria which was at least 5 mins to get there. The manager of the unit is useless. I tried to let her know about the situation but she did not take a few minutes to discuss. They treat you as if you are not human. Kaiser Thrives...that's a joke. I worked there a short time and quit. I was getting sick, dehydrated. If they relieve you for a break or lunch don't expect them to cover your medication or do anything for your patients. I've had a full time job at another hospital for many years and tried Kaiser because it was close to my house but it was a huge mistake. I am happy at my job, love to work here, get paid more and will continue to drive. Since I was hired at Kaiser I was promised the union hourly pay increase but never happened. Kaiser was horrible. Would never recommend it to anyone.

Impossible caseload and unreasonable schedules. We cannot possibly provide true quality services at the pace they expect us to see patients. It is almost impossible for someone to schedule a timely follow-up appointment, so patients wait a long time between visits. Best practices for the field cannot be followed because therapy is not meant to work like this. Workers are burning out at an incredible rate due to being overworked and discouraged by the care patients are getting. KP is trying to run mental health care like a car wash: get 'em in and get 'em out as fast as possible so the next person in line can come through. Everyone in my office is exhausted, frustrated, and discouraged. Morale is consistently very low and employees are starting to give up. People are not expecting it to get better any time soon.