Kite Pharma reviews

3.6

62% would recommend to a friend

(505 total reviews)
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Cindy Perettie

67% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

Kite Pharma has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 505 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Kite Pharma employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

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505 reviews
2.0
Aug 25, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

They had great food, nice facilities, good benefits

Cons

This is not a Kite only problem, it's largely a corporate America problem. Too many teams chase solutions to problems that don't exists or don't move the needles in order to justify their job's existence. At Kite things largely went downhill after the acquisition when too much Gilead cash started flowing in, while top leadership was taking jobs elsewhere and whoever was left or appointed had to justify their existence so started running around often doing work that had no real benefit to the company.

3.0
Feb 5, 2025

Some toxic leadership

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great benefits, good pay, meaningful products There are some really great people

Cons

Some teams have pervasive toxicity and flagrant favoritism. HR is useless and protects management that bully and lie about employees. Tarnishes the good people and good intentions of the others.

2.0
Sep 7, 2024

Strong winds of change

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Fascinating science and noble purpose: to serve patients every time.

Cons

Lack of effective strategy and execution. Poor leadership. Sluggish growth.

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