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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

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
5.0
Jun 9, 2015

Great Company

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Very good company to work

Cons

No cons at this time

3.0
Mar 27, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Because it is a small lab you get the chance to wear a lot of hats. I was doing method development, report writing, investigations and working on the instruments. Co-workers were great and was what really made all the chaos of the job worth it.

Cons

Pay is well below "major pharma" which is to be expected of a CRO. It is very hard to increase your pay because although they were fair in promotions, the average reward was 4-5% increase which isn't a whole lot if you are already not making a lot. You will be working holidays/weekends.

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