Absolutely poor manufacturing management - Cell Therapy Specialist Kite Pharma Employee Review

1.0
30 May 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits. There are a lot highly skilled people spread throughout other departments. The mfg process is great.

Cons

A lot of cons working in the manufacturing dept “management”/“leadership” as they would like to refer to themselves are not good at their jobs. They don’t know how to promote people who are actually skilled for the job. They will make up reasons that have no effect on the work at hand. Some of these reasons I’ve heard are “personnel shouldn’t be be given a position because they use too many sick days”. Management that is worth being called leaders would know how to objectively promote people who are decent at the job and are knowledgeable.

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5.0
11 Feb 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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
17 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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