Avoid if you care about patients - Anonymous employee Kite Pharma Employee Review

2.0
Sep 28, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There is of course a rose that grows from concrete witnessed every now and then, not all is bad in any company, especially one that has trailblazed a path forward..ah but there lies the rub..

Cons

something caustic is spreading within commercial manufacturing... friends promoting friends, performance and teamwork has been thrown out with the baby and bathwater... it makes me sick to my stomach to see what has become of a company that once inspired me now with certain management in place i believe it is doomed and i'm not going to be there when a patient dies from not receiving thier medicine because management simply ... doesn't care.. actions have spoken... and the minions of darkness will envelope all that was once good.. my voice was silenced and shunned, my exit will be a quiet one yet the doors that close behind me im sadden to say may finally fall as once the tower of babel from its own doing.

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Pros

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Cons

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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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