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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
Feb 21, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Fairly close-knit friendly workforce, good canteen

Cons

Out of date employment policies and practices (flex time frowned upon), poor salaries, terrible pension scheme. Might be different now though. Management all dinosaurs who've got to where they are through time-served not through merit.

2.0
Feb 2, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Always changing envirnoment. Constant challenge day in and day out. HR tried to be mindful of crosstraining, but doesnt mean a promotion.

Cons

The politics are really bad at all levels. The Test Facility Management cares about their own jobs more than they care about improving the work place and the job itself. They are never willing to really challenge a customer as long as they pay is there. It also feels like you are being used, as they will consistently place you in mny different areas/projects, but refuse to compensate you adequetly due to a set path. One year means one year, regardless of whether you contribute a lot or nothing at all.

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