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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 and biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

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2K reviews
1.0
May 6, 2017

Do not work here

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

You were allowed to talk talk in the lab/office... sometimes. Yeno as a treat!

Cons

Toxic environment based on fear and blame. Work/life balance.. ha. Over-worked, under-appreciated, stressed.

1.0
Sep 25, 2020

Horrible

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Company pension plan, private health

Cons

Toxic environment (turnover number shows the level of dissatisfaction), no chance to progress if you're not a yes person for managers for a few years with a smile on your face. New system of promotions (so called changing direction) is just hidden thing not to give salary increase whilst responsibilities are doubled. If you don't stay for free an hour or so in addition you're not loyal. Far away with no easy comute. Culture is either people who don't care anymore or the soon to leave. HR sweeps everything under there is no help from them, if anybody raises anything it will soon be addressed with a firm verbal statement stop it or else. Salary the lowest within industry.

2.0
Aug 11, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good colleagues, some great managers

Cons

Some pitbull managers, poor salary, low morale, disincentivized work, career progression was nonexistent as it's based on performance - if the sales dept. underperforms everyone suffers, in a strange hybrid of being completely overworked one day and left with a void the next.

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