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Charles River Laboratories

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Charles River Laboratories reviews

3.1

49% would recommend to a friend

(2,375 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 2,375 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
Jun 9, 2016

Great training

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good training, good people to work with.

Cons

Starting salaries tend to be low and most sites are not easy to get to by public transport (although they do provide a company bus to some places)

2.0
Jun 7, 2016

High Containment Technician

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

working for the CDC, coworkers are ok, government employees care more about the technician than the company itself

Cons

Horrible management, no structure, Management not present most of the time,

2.0
Jun 7, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The employees there are amazing, everyone is friendly and great to be around.

Cons

The amount of work to how much you get paid, late nights, tons of overtime, no to little communication, employees seen as expendable, not enough supplies for the work.

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