I don’t think I was ever so drained and miserable in my entire life as I was when I was working for ImmunityBio (also formerly known as NantKwest). There is no such thing as work-life balance at this company. Despite being an hourly worker, you will VERY frequently be expected to work long hours and stay overtime, and if you ever can’t stay late, you are made to feel bad about it, as if you should feel guilty for having a life and things to do outside of work. As if toiling away during the regular work week isn’t bad enough, you will also frequently have to work weekends. If you’re in manufacturing, you will, for whatever reason, be expected to do the jobs of other departments as well. The company itself is a mess. Things are constantly changing and they hide behind the slogan “embrace change” to mask the fact that they have no real idea what they’re doing. They start new projects/operations without having enough personnel/resources to support these operations, resulting in them stretching their employees thin. They constantly rush deadlines and put a lot of pressure on their employees to get things done quickly, and then they wonder why nothing ever goes smoothly. I know for a fact that there are many other employees who feel the same way, I have a feeling there will be a mass exodus coming to this company. If they keep running things the way that they are, they will never reach commercialization.
