Nothing better than curing cancer - Director Kite Pharma Employee Review

5.0
May 3, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

We literally cure cancer. Smart people. Great work environment (when we're in the office). Competitive pay and benefits. Fun swag.

Cons

A lot of meetings every day

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Kite Pharma Response
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Hi, this is Matt Hostetler. Thank you for taking the time to share your experience – we really value employee feedback at Kite and Gilead, and we use the results of our annual employee survey to help create an even stronger culture. As a leadership team, we know that many employees have experienced meeting fatigue over the course of the past year and we are actively discussing ways to reduce unnecessary meetings wherever possible. Please feel free to e-mail me directly if you’d like to chat.

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Cons

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Pros

- Great benefits including 401K matching, tuition re imbursement, HSA matching, stock/bonus awards, and wellness awards. - Excellent campus with onsite/subsidized food court, gym, volleyball/pickle ball/volley ball court, zoom enables conference rooms, and shuttle service. - Company shutdown in July and December. - Laboratory spaces stocked with new equipment. - Utilizes electronic batch record system instead of paper.

Cons

- Poor collaboration between site leadership resulting in distractingly competitive environment focused more on positive optics rather than continuous improvement. - Poor short term and long term planning, often resulting in inconsistent operations schedule and unclear deadlines/objectives.

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