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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

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
2.0
Jan 16, 2016

Not the greatest leadership

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Large company with plenty of great ideas

Cons

Manager's that undermine and create a back biting environment in their subordinates

4.0
Jan 15, 2016

Good place to work

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

They pay for professional certification and study materials. There are many job opportunities and they hire from within. They provide very good health insurance.

Cons

Some work can become mundane. The work environment varies based on the location of the contract, you do not know what you will get.

5.0
Jan 10, 2016

Program Director

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent culture, meaningful work, pleasant people, reasonably up-to-date on Infrastructure, applications, state of the art research, easy access from highway

Cons

Resource constrained, some older applications, recent shifts in upper management created some program and project confusion

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