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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

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      3.7

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.2

      Culture & values

      3.2

      Work/Life balance

      3.1

      Career opportunities

      3.0

      Compensation and benefits

      2.7

      Senior management

      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
      Feb 27, 2010

      Good place to get experience then move on

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      You can get a variety of experience in a relatively short time.

      Cons

      Salaries tend to be lower than other similar jobs in the area.

      2.0
      Feb 19, 2010

      If you are good with high school mind games, this could be your first job out of college (if you went to college)

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      If you can survive the insecure political backstabbing and high school games, the are a few departments worth being in for more than 1-2 years.

      Cons

      You could be in a job that requires a degree with others who did not go to college doing the same job, making you think your degree was a waste of money. Favoritism runs rampant like a rash. If you are not a favorite, superiors will set you up for failure until you are fired. Management is married to HR here, so if you have an issue you are limited to how much will be done about it.

      1.0
      Feb 12, 2010

      Need I say more!!

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      The learning experience in invaluable

      Cons

      Very poisonous work environment. The management style utilized across the board is personal and highly based on favouritism. This is highly expected though when you place people with no manegerial skills in the wrong place. So, bottom line if you want to get up the lader, you need to polish your brown-nosing skills.

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