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
1.0
Jun 11, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Free snacks. Parking. Decent pay/benefits. Good people for the most part

Cons

Kite likes to talk up their culture. By culture, they mostly mean drinking almost constantly. People here often get drunk after work, which is typical but the problem is they also get drunk/high while on work hours. I have seen supervisors and leads going into conference rooms, closing the blinds, and drinking large amounts of hard liquor. All while they are supposed to be working. People show up to work clearly stoned. And smoke marijuana openly while on work hours. These practices show in the work. Employees go into the manufacturing drunk/high and proceed to make mistakes they should not be making. The things I've seen happening in the hood because people were intoxicated are terrifying. Management has been alerted to this, but they overlook, and even condone this. This is because they are friends with the supervisors and leads who do this. They continue to promote people who do this because they are all friends with each other. To be doing all this, while putting out a product for CANCER PATIENTS is terrifying. If I was a patient, or the family of a patient, I would be horrified to know that the people making my "life-saving" drug are all drunk and high while working.

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Kite Pharma Response
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Hi, this is Matt Hostetler. We hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards at Kite, and everyone here takes pride in the important work we do for patients every day, so we take this comment very seriously. I would like to speak to you about what you wrote above, so please reach out to me directly via e-mail and I will schedule a time. Additionally, you can contact Gilead’s Ethics Hotline online via GNet or at 844-820-2719 to share anonymous feedback.
1.0
Sep 24, 2018

Worst place to work

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Innovative scientific method, cancer treatment of actual real life patients, very rewarding work and everyone feels inspired to work there at first

Cons

Incompetent leadership, comprising of ex big pharma, who've jumped several steps to get high titles at Kite, but can't live up to them with knowledge and leadership. Toxic workplace, bullying, backstabbing culture, awful employee retention, no opportunities unless you are in the right clique. Long work hours, insane deadlines, no compensation for long hours.

1.0
Jun 22, 2021

In freefall

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Better than not having a job

Cons

This company is being destroyed by incompetent management, favoritism, and questionable business practices, to name a few. Joining Kite has been the worst thing I could do for my professional career. The poor substance of the pipeline and poor sales proves that management doesn't know how to operate a biotech company. One of the root causes of Kite's problems are self-serving executives who put their personal interests ahead of the business, leading to loss of talent and very poor decision making. I have never experienced this level of behavior in my prior professional life in biotech. Not sure why Gilead still has Kite on their book, it has been and always will remain a liability.

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