Great experience, less growth - Cell Therapy Specialist Kite Pharma Employee Review

3.0
Dec 2, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Great industrial experience as long as you keep learning the ins and outs of the industry. The company cares about their employees in terms of safety and health.

Cons

There is a "bullying" culture which most likely bleeds down from upper management. Limited equal growth opportunities unless you strive yourself to reach them, mainly opening/position based. The company will work well with people that are there for a paycheck, but for growth it can be difficult. Turnover rate is fairly high due to the pay and benefits you can get elsewhere, and the MFG culture is not very nurturing

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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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