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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

66% approve of CEO

33% 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
Oct 27, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pay and benefits, work/life balance

Cons

Management, inconsistency in training, huge turnover in staff.

1.0
Oct 23, 2025

Bad

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

No pros to this job at all.

Cons

The entirety of the job and company

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