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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
1.0
Dec 29, 2014

Deceiving!!!

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The medical and dental plans are good but then again you pay for them. You also have a pension plans after a couple of years.

Cons

Low pay, if you are not part of the gang or friends with the manager you do not advance. They also hire friends and couples even though they are aware. Take advantage of you then thank you for your services.

4.0
Dec 1, 2014

Great place, great people.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent company during a very tough time.

Cons

Facing major changes to the marketplace that may affect core businesses.

3.0
Nov 12, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It's generally a flexible place to work, and gives people room and responsibility to get projects done as they see fit. Staff is great and cares.

Cons

Lacks big systems to deal with basically everything. Many "systems" are seat of the pants, with little consistency between staff members and departments.

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