Kaiser Permanente reviews

Working for Kaiser is like working a government job. Everyone has job security (Kaiser rarely fires anyone) with lots and lots of very old dead wood. I suspect many people were promoted to positions of moderate authority (Directors and under) simply out of seniority, because they seem to have no appreciable skills or knowledge. It's also extremely slow-moving. Something can be a "high-priority" project, and no one will have time for a 30 minute conference call for 2 weeks -- and this is acceptable. Finally, no one can make a decision, as there appears to be an endless cloud of stakeholders, policies, regulations, and everything else that will make it impossible for anyone trying to accomplishing something to push forward. Also, the stated policy from senior management is that everyone is essentially the same in terms of performance. You have to save the world in order to be considered above average. How do you imagine your typical high-performer taking this message?

Very large organization which can be bureacratic and slow moving. I've encountered several classic 'Dilbert' moments. This can be infuriating at times when people are only focused on process and not results. For the most part, I've learned to deal with these situations work around the red-tape. There is also a chronic issue with accountability. Experience very high-level of leadership turnover in the IT department. I think change is good but this is ridiculous. I've had more managers in the same department than I can count on two hands and many of my co-workers would echo the same sentiment. Difficult to keep up with the marketplace (competition). Dealing with negative public perception at times on being a large HMO.