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
Nov 12, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Was a great environment in the beginning, included all employees (permanent and contract), Good benefits, decent pay, nice building.

Cons

Very toxic environment. No one in upper management truly cares about their employees, let alone treating human beings properly, no ethical character at this company. HR should be reported for how inappropriate they are because they do not care if employees are bullied. Kite used to be great until new management came in. A lot of weak, higher level management who feel powerful and important but would probably not last in another decent company. Best decision I made was leaving this toxicity.

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Kite Pharma Response
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Hi, this is Cara Bauer. I recently joined Kite as Vice President of Human Resources and am committed to learning about the perspectives of our employees past and present. I really appreciate your feedback and would welcome the opportunity to talk with you about your time at Kite so we can learn from your experience. Please reach out to me directly via email and we can set up time to connect. If you prefer, we also have a confidential hotline that you can call at 844-820-2719 to discuss your comments further.
2.0
Aug 18, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Good place to learn about GMP environment and learn about cell therapy - Get your feet and hands wet as you have a chance to work inside and outside of clean room - Friendly people to work with - A lot of free snacks and drinks. - Great benefits including health, dental, vision, even gym membership/ equipments reimbursement - I got lucky with my Supervisors. They are very understanding and push me to go further. They have their hand tied with upper management so there are times they can not help much beside listening to complaints. - The company has transitioned to electronic batch record. This means you don't have to write and sign as much as paper lots.

Cons

- Very difficult to move up since there are too little higher up position open up - It is very typical silo manufacture company. If you get hired for QC/manufacture/Kitting etc. You get stuck there. Very little chance to none for cross department training - A lot fo office politic since everyone all wants to stand out and prove themselves. It could rub other coworkers the wrong way. It feels like upper management and some co-workers always find some faults in your work regardless how well you perform. - Dream work makes team work. This means if you are good at your job, you will be the go to person to get more work. - If you are 6 months in, it is just a 9-5 job. A lot of people who have been working there for years are very unhappy. - The roles, responsibility and title keep changing. You can work there for 2 years and have the same title as a new employee (depending on their employment history). Probably the same pay. - You can be in the clean room 6-7 hour a day with full on Hazmaz suit. This come with the job so if you can't handle wearing PPE all days, beware of this before you applies here.

1.0
Mar 6, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

generous 401K matching, ESPP, wellness reimbursement

Cons

Kite was ran into the ground with bad management. There is a revolving door of incompetent managers, consistently making the wrong call on issues in the workplace. Promotions and lead positions seem to be based off nepotism instead of who deserves it. Their latest response to the COVID pandemic is to have employees sit around after work is done, ignoring concerns about limited seating. This is while we are still getting emails about positive cases on-site.

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