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The Jackson Laboratory

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The Jackson Laboratory reviews

3.1

38% would recommend to a friend

(450 total reviews)
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Lon Cardon

33% approve of CEO

30% positive business outlook

The Jackson Laboratory has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 450 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The The Jackson Laboratory 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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450 reviews
3.0
Jun 28, 2018

Room for improvement but a great place to work in many areas

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Awesome co-workers, many health based incentives, decent benefits, health office on campus, beautiful campus

Cons

The culture here can be tough if you're new and not from the area. Many hourly employees do not have a good work/life balance. I often see people (non hourly) from other departments glide in at 9 and leave by 3. Lots of passing the buck and dumping work on other departments all while getting the glory while those that worked hard get nothing but more work. Lack of respect to those hourly staff that work hard and are rewarded by being asked to work harder. Little to no regard that we have lives outside of work. People that have been at JAX for many years are definitely treated differently and given preferential treatment and often work in childish cliques. Not a lot of room for growth. The parking situation is absolutely absurd and at times dangerous. Not a lot to do on and off season. Traffic is a bear during tourist/road work season.

4.0
May 29, 2018

Postdoctoral Research Scientist

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great work/life balance. Fantastic location if you like the outdoors. Good salaries for the relative cost of living here.

Cons

Lack of people and things to do in the winter.

4.0
Apr 24, 2018

Jax

Recommend
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Pros

Great people, the management wants to see you succeed, important and interesting research, treat their employees well

Cons

Not very competitive pay, location is beautiful but dull in the winter

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