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 (299) , 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?

"Great benefits and they work with my schedule while I am in school applying for my RN." ((in 3262 reviews)); "very divers and great pay" ((in 1920 reviews)); "As the saying goes "KP is great for people who don't need doctors...."" ((in 637 reviews)); "great work life balance and not too stressful" ((in 498 reviews)); "Good salary only and cab facility" ((in 315 reviews))

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

"Poor management and lots of demand" ((in 781 reviews)); "Unfortunately I ended up with a bad manager and had to move on to get away." ((in 359 reviews)); "Reactive and micromanager style senior leadership." ((in 206 reviews)); "Company does not give you access to the vacation and CE time off that you have earned." ((in 177 reviews)); "Poor customer/staff service and uninformed upper management" ((in 146 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

(14,816 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 14,816 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 Gesundheitswesen industry (3.4 stars).

Reviews by job title

15K reviews

1.0

Mar 4, 2016

Not very minority friendly

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Decent pay and benefits.

Cons

No room to grow. During my three years there, my supervisor never approved my requests for professional development. I had a micromanaging bully of a supervisor, and unfortunately, the higher ups were deaf to the workplace problems within the organization.

1.0

Sep 17, 2015

Technology and practices from 2001.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

If you're a "sit down, shut up and tow the party line" type person you'll work here for a really long time. Much of the company has been employed there for 10+ years.

Cons

KP is just starting to think about solving the IT problems and implementing the practices every other company solved a decade ago such as patching, rebooting, OS images, application sprawl, virtualization, ITIL/PMI standards, etc. KP still uses Lotus Notes. There is significant resistance to technology change by those who have been there a long time and the business has no interest in adopting industry standards for IT management. KP IT suffers from a complete lack of vision and principles.

2.0

Apr 2, 2015

The place has so much going for it (on paper) but it just falls flat in the end

Physician

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

1. co-workers and the people on the ground are hard-working and trying their best to make the system work 2. if you stay with the company long enough to reap the retirement compensation, then the benefits make up for the below median hourly rate

Cons

MANAGMENT at every level. Antiquated 1970's top down approach to business. increasing demands on employees to do more more more and not willing to pay for it. Cronyism. Lack of communication and lack of transparency.

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