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Charles River Laboratories

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Charles River Laboratories reviews

3.1

49% would recommend to a friend

(2,372 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 2,372 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
2.0
Jul 30, 2013

prison like atmosphere

Recommend
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Pros

none the work is Repetitive and mind numbing

Cons

Always changing rules and standards management is almost totally incompetent, if you last long Enough you will need some type of corrective Surgery

3.0
Mar 9, 2013

Formulations Technician

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great team atmosphere with a lot of variation in projects.

Cons

Short staffed, long hours with little time outside of the lab.

3.0
Mar 6, 2013

Average Company

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

It is a good place to obtain experience, there was always plenty of overtime, more than you would like at some times. The supervisors and project managers were, for the most part, friendly and helpful. The start times are flexible.

Cons

Although, It is relatively simple to move to another department to gain new skills there is not a lot of possibility for promotion. The work environment can be too casual.

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