Kite Pharma Claimed Company
Kite, a Gilead Company, is a global biopharmaceutical company based in Santa Monica, California, with manufacturing operations in North America and Europe. Kite’s singular focus is cell therapy to treat and potentially cure cancer. As the cell therapy leader, Kite has more approved CAR T indications to help more patients than any other company. For more information on Kite, please visit www.kitepharma.com. read more
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I'm glad I got industry experience in terms of skills and knowledge. Yet, I not only don't see a future for myself, but with the current work environment I don't see a future for the company itself whose sole focus is on making a profit rather than healing patients. Very unethical!
What is the best part about your compensation package?
The medical and dental insurance benefits.
What would you improve about your company's interview process?
The interview was confrontational rather than edifying. They make lofty promises which were never delivered and they framed questions in convoluted way to make you look incompetent. Interviews should include the opportunity to talk to several people, not just direct supervisor.
What's going wrong and how can it be improved?
I was let go with same day notice without any reason specified and nobody is willing to communicate what the issue was. I never even had orientation, training or performance review during my few months working at Kite. Replace the leadership and you'll change the company's toxic culture.
What do your coworkers need to improve and how could you work together better?
The meetings are impersonal and resemble a personal vent session for senior members as subordinates are forced to sit there and watch the unfolding trainwreck. 99% of the "meetings" could easily be done via non-verbosive emails so we don't have to sit there and listen to people's personal stories.
What needs to change to make the company culture better?
Replace leadership. People cannot change, so the only way to change a company's culture is to replace the seniority to whom subordinates look up to and respect. Yet when seniority doesn't practice what it preaches, it makes you wonder why you should bother making an effort in the first place!
What does the leadership team need to get better at?
Actual leadership! From day one, there was a sense of malaise and it proved itself to be true via the toxic work culture. Seniority suffers from senioritis, "I'm too good for you to train you" seems to be the mindset who just want to delegate the blame instead of leading by example and train people.
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