People and culture are great - Associate Process Engineer Kite Pharma Employee Review

4.0
Dec 14, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

In my experience, the people and culture at this company are great, lots of collaboration and development oportunities.

Cons

As this Kite continues to grow out of it's start up phase and Gilead takes more control, theres been less flexibility and a bit more dim culture. Budget cuts and layoff recently have been bad for company morale.

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5.0
Feb 11, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Amazing staff and growth potential

Cons

Like most companies hard to understand exactly what upper management goals are

3.0
May 17, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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