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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
3.0
Oct 21, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pay and benefits are fairly good.

Cons

The company is extremely corporate, can be hard to work with.

4.0
Oct 17, 2025

Good for kick starting career

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Training People Skills Support Job

Cons

Lack of growth Workload Inflexible

3.0
Oct 17, 2025

Good starting point

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good environment, the is easy.

Cons

Too many regulations in place , it can be repetitive , no room for innovation.

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