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Charles River Laboratories

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Charles River Laboratories reviews

3.1

48% would recommend to a friend

(2,368 total reviews)
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Birgit Girshick

70% approve of CEO

31% positive business outlook

Charles River Laboratories has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 2,368 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
Dec 6, 2018

Human and animal abuse

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Clean and sanitary work place

Cons

All I can say about this company is abuse, abuse and abuse. Both animals and employees. They are racist and there is no respect in the works environment. They treat you like a machine and worse like a garbage. Very low salaries and huge amount of work load. The worst section is toxicology with a very brutal supervision and managment.

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Charles River Laboratories Response
7y
Good afternoon, Charles River strives to foster a positive and caring environment for our employees. We take comments regarding the treatment of our employees and animals very seriously, and would appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. Please contact our Corporate Human Resources Department at HR@crl.com.
4.0
Mar 29, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- My department’s team is full of amazing and understanding people. Any intimidating or negative behavior will not be tolerated. - options of career development in the laboratory and desk jobs - the training for the job position is very thorough and the trainers are careful to adapt to every individual learning pace

Cons

- low salary - as an analyst, there are a lot of things to do in a day and sometimes with unexpected events you have to finish in overtime (not obligatory, but sometimes it’s hard to find someone to finish what you were doing so you end up staying later anyways) - there’s a lot of pressure to avoid any deviations, to the point where analysts are scared to make any mistakes - our supervisor is given a maximum range of money to invest in career development for the year. Therefore, if an employee is ready to move from analyst I to analyst II for example, but the quota has already been acheived, that analyst will have to wait until next year to get their salary augmentation

2.0
Jun 5, 2018

Assistant Animal Technician II

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

International company with many sites world wide.

Cons

Not enough staff to conduct all the work in the animal facility. I never did what I was hired to do because I was stuck cleaning.

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