Diminishing development opportunities, increasing stress. - Senior Research Associate Kite Pharma Employee Review

2.0
Dec 16, 2020
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Pros

Good pay, excellent benefits, 401k match is out of this world. Group director is a pleasure to work with, listens to concerns, genuinely kind, with brilliant expertise.

Cons

Incredibly high turnover, leaving behind egocentric and often harsh personalities on the management path. Lots of inter-group conflict and siloed data, despite efforts to correct. Ridiculously imbalanced and rare promotions, despite many employees functioning above their level. Recent hires of low caliber. Increasingly stressful and lean environment helmed by scientists with little industry experience and poor DOE skills, leading to lots of time wasted repeating assays and years long OFAT development. Input from lower level employees is glossed over as though we don't understand issues.

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5.0
Feb 11, 2026
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Pros

Amazing staff and growth potential

Cons

Like most companies hard to understand exactly what upper management goals are

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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