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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
      Mar 5, 2014

      Not a bad environment, but management needs to step up

      Quality assurance auditor
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Good work/life balance, friendly co-workers, good chance to learn about the science if you talk to the right people

      Cons

      Few opportunities for advancement, support for outside training is virtually nil, difficult to get the resources you need to do your job as the company is very tight-fisted with money.

      3.0
      Feb 27, 2014

      Member of a Shrinking Industry

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Great Benefits. As many other emplorers cut employee benefits, Charels River continued to provide yearly bonuses and 401k contributions to even the lowest paid employees. The health benefits are excellent and they provide very good vacation benefits.

      Cons

      Going through work force reduction due to dynamic changes in the industry. They used to have a very family oriented feel to their corporate culture but have recently lost that as they moved towards a more "strictly" corporate culture. As with any corporation, workforce reduction improves the bottom line when an industry suffers from a shrinking industry. You defintely get the feeling you're just a number now but that is just the nature of business today.

      2.0
      Dec 4, 2013

      Employees are really just faceless bodies here.

      Report coordinator
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Culture (at US and UK sites), benefits, core values.

      Cons

      No room for advancement unless you are friends with management, team morale extremely low at most sites, lots of political infighting, very poor salaries at Canadian site.

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