The health care giant is moving about 1,200 of its Oakland employees to a campus in Pleasanton.
"We can best meet the needs of on-site regional administrative employees at our existing Pleasanton campus, while also significantly decreasing annual administrative costs," the statement said.
As Kaiser is Oakland's largest private employer, the move comes as a blow to the city, which is still recovering from the effects of the pandemic. "It's a disappointment," said Oakland City Councilmember Dan Kalb, whose district includes Kaiser's flagship medical center."A lot of their employees live in or near Oakland, so it's baffling. I just hope the employees who are being moved are the ones who may be a bit closer to that area and not the ones who live here in Oakland, because then it's going to be a burden on them.
The company's national headquarters will remain in Oakland, and its flagship Oakland medical center won't be affected by the change. Employees working in various offices around downtown Oakland will centralize to the Ordway Building at 1 Kaiser Plaza, according to Kaiser's statement. This will add even more empty office space to the city's downtown landscape.
According to a Kaiser spokesperson, the company is"exploring options for potential future use" of its offices at 1950 Franklin St. and 1800 Harrison St. These offices have been essentially unoccupied since the start of the pandemic, the spokesperson said.
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