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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

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      3.7

      Compensation and benefits

      3.4

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.2

      Career opportunities

      3.1

      Work/Life balance

      2.8

      Culture & values

      2.3

      Senior management

      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
      2.0
      Aug 16, 2012

      Jackson Lab West

      In vivo lab technician ii (ra ii)
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      There is a strong connection between coworkers.

      Cons

      The working conditions at Jax West are poor. The management does not care about the employees or the mice they are working with. This is different than Jax East, which seems like a good place to work and i have no idea why there is this disconnect between the two. There is little to no understanding of how science works. Jax West In Vivo group is the worst lab I have ever work at. I have never worked with a more stressed out, disorganized, demoralized group in my life.

      5.0
      Jul 30, 2012

      Great Employee Focus!

      Customer service representative i
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The Lab does a great job of really creating an employee first atmosphere. One of the best benefits packages in the area. Between JAX fit, 403b contributions and a generous vacation plan, the lab has got to be one of the best places to work!

      Cons

      Location - Bar Harbor is in the middle of nowhere and housing is a real challenge. Depsite this, it is in a beautiful location. Otherwise, there really aren't a lot of cons to the organization.

      2.0
      Mar 20, 2012

      RSI injuries are very widespread and animals are subjected to very abrupt handling by technicians rushing to quotas.

      Animal room operations technologist ii
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      A great place to learn interesting aspects of laboratory animal production in a highly technical and extremely fast paced environment. Compensation is in line with similar production facilities in the country. Almost unlimited amount of overtime hours are available and one of the best 403b retirement plans out there.

      Cons

      Animal productions and operations management team is a critical weak link in the chain of much needed improvement in every process toward correcting the conditions that persists. Conditions of unrealistic work loads, time constraints in acquiring materials needed to carry out assigned work, availability of labor required to accomplish timely animal welfare activities related to length of time between animal dirty cage changes and overly abrupt handling of live animals as a result of last minute ditch efforts to get all animals into clean cages at the end of scheduled work weak.

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