KBI Biopharma Reviews

Pros

- above average pay - good place to start right out of school - fast paced, always on your feet, you will learn a lot - if you are in a good group, it can be a great experience and very rewarding

Cons

- if you aren't in a good group, or if your manager sucks, it can be awful - facility is poorly maintained and they do not invest in it - no paternity leave and otherwise average benefits - a lot of the day-to-day lifestyle things like your workspace and parking are poor

Advice to Management

- reinvest some profits into improving the durham facility otherwise relocate - more space is a necessity and this has been largely ignored - reward managers whose employees are thriving and remediate managers whose employees are miserable

Pros

Growth Potential. Positive Culture. Meaningful work. Fast-pace.

Cons

There are some growing pain space constraints.

Pros

Even if you are starting out at an Entry Level position, there are many opportunities to train on higher level operations/tasks to get your foot in the door. You can learn about different roles throughout the company, and expand your interests in career paths.

Cons

This is a rapidly growing company, so there may be some miscommunication between departments regarding results, priorities, etc.

Pros

Good pportunities to learn. Good salary.

Cons

Bigger offices are needed for employees.

Pros

-Flexible Hours -lots of opportunities to learn

Cons

-Management consists of scienctists that were never trained to manage people -The company has taken on too much too fast and now puts the burden on the lower level analysts to meet deadlines with little to no support -A once small company that is stuck in the middle of a start-up and big pharma company mentality unable to pick a side

Advice to Management

-Support your analysts and push back on client demands -hold other departments accountable

Pros

Nothing. They took away perks.

Cons

Management is not trained across the board to be leaders or people managers. No transparency. HR is the worst.

Advice to Management

Clean house! Listen to your employees. Make sure there is a good work /life balance.

Pros

Exposure to process related operations. Good for career building.

Cons

Demanding schedule. Can be disorganized.

Pros

Good Pay Challenging projects - interesting work and opportunity to learn and grow skill set 5% 401K match

Cons

benefit package subpar - medical is costly, the new "maternity leave" is a joke that even HR doesn't comprehend, no tuition reimbursement, culture makes it difficult to take PTO Management not very focused on employees - either worried about keeping the untenable MFG schedule packed or keeping dev clients happy and paying than putting effort toward employee training, development and satisfaction

Advice to Management

Stop pretending KBI is still a small startup - a multinational corporation with sites in Europe, CA, TX, CO and NC should function like one. Invest in your employees and it will pay dividends in the bottom line.