Low salary, no work life balance, disorganized - Anonymous employee Kite Pharma Employee Review

1.0
Jan 26, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great benefits, free snacks, cell therapy company, some smart people. Good mix of people with industry and academic backgrounds keeps fresh ideas flowing

Cons

Poor leadership across various departments leading to disorganization and chaos, extremely long work hours (most people work 50+ hour weeks), low morale all around. Salary is lower than industry standard for the greater Los Angeles/OC area. Many people sitting around not doing real work. Too many useless meetings.

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
May 17, 2026
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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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