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      Charles River Laboratories

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      Charles River Laboratories reviews

      3.1

      49% would recommend to a friend

      (2,373 total reviews)
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      Birgit Girshick

      64% approve of CEO

      32% positive business outlook

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      Charles River Laboratories has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 2,373 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Charles River Laboratories employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

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      2K reviews
      3.0
      Jul 14, 2015

      Good Starter Position

      Microbiologist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Friendly staff, great flexibility in hours, fast-paced environment

      Cons

      Not enough staff to cover work, favoritism seems to get promotions

      1.0
      Jul 13, 2015

      Very top heavy and top management has no clue what they are doing

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      good people and fair salary.

      Cons

      Terrible environment. Company has way too many directors and VPs who have no clue about a company environment. They created a new role and eliminated it within 6 months. Clueless. It's full of PHDs and physicists but no real managers. I worked for a guy that had no clue about running a department, yet, he constantly lies to senior management as he will take no blame but pushes all the blame to his subordinates. I would never recommend anyone to work there

      4.0
      Jun 30, 2015

      Challenging work, great work-life balance

      Marketing copywriter
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Charles River respects the contributions of every employee, regardless of their role. We are rewarded regularly with perks like extra company-wide time off and performance bonuses. They also offer an excellent benefits package. From Memorial Day through Labor Day, altered summer hours result in a half day Friday schedule.

      Cons

      Every department has their own policies ranging from lax to strict in terms of working from home which would be a perk if permitted more frequently, especially in my role as copywriter.

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