Charles River Laboratories Employee Reviews

If you need to burnout with no support, go there.

Great coworkers, not so great upper managment. Low pay compared to others in the same industry, but good PTO and VTO. Bonuses are now almost non exsistant and were never more than 3% to begin with. CRL is merely a stepping stone.

Great company, 401K match could be higher. Have a tuition reimbursement program.

The best company culture and leadership.

Worked as a technical writer, the benefits were decent and I enjoyed going to work most days.

Good listener, overall good leader.

Listen to everyone’s opinions, makes good decisions to lead out division in the right directi

They were always willing to work to make progress on what the employees needed help with.

engaged, interested, earnest, meh, meh

open to change and new opinions

Communication and inclusiveness with pro active decision making

Replacing all the old managers thats have been there 5 plus years cause its their way or the highway

great benefits, plenty of vacation/sick time, they care about wellness, good 401k match, and decent merit increases every year

Review from Operations Dept

below average pay for area

Review from Operations Dept

I made 1/2 of what others in the same position at other institutions made.

additional vacation time, ability to earn more sooner, salary should grow with additional reponsiblities assumed.

Company continues to hand out branded swag instead of raising pay. New hire pay has increased drastically while pay for existing workers was not adjusted equally. Sign-on bonuses up to $2000 - no retention bonus, annual bonus less than $1000. Compensation for the role is not competitive anymore.

Open communication and trust in each other.

Respectful, come to work every day with a positive attitude

the team work is great and can be helpful and understand and helpful for learning new things.

All of the team is working toward the same goal.

Best thing about working here is the people. My coworkers are wonderful, kind, helpful, and selfless.

Review from Operations Dept

Communication is key but gossip is the downfall

Inclusivity And acceptance from pretty much every team.

We know each other past work environment. Their kids pets hobbies, and more. I think this influences greatly on how you work with someone

Many women in science and supervisory positions. Very LGBT positive and people from all different backgrounds working together. Overall, the opposite of a toxic work environment, wonderful people that bend over backwards to make sure their work is good.

Review from Operations Dept

Recent addition of Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) - however, most people in the company are too busy to take advantage of these.

respectful, thoughtful, and comes from a place of caring

Better direct line management that are not just left over from past mergers.

An entirely new management team starting with the execution of Napier,Terri

certain old timers gotta go. better job/role definition.

It was a team interview so I talked to multiple people and they all had different things to say.

Review from Operations Dept

met lots of people - all had consistent experiences to what i had when joining

Be transparent about the work we are doing. They never tell you, you will be CONSTANTLY BIT in order to handle animals.

Review from Operations Dept

Have some people with a little more charisma be in charge

team of people I work with

paycheck, paycheck, vacation, benefits and bonus

Taking my break and logging off.

When my supervisor lets me do my job and the team gets kudos for it.

The people I work with and what our values are.

Company is expanding without slowing down for adequate training of its new hires. Expectation of employees to become more efficient and adjust without addressing 14+ hour work days.

Review from Operations Dept

It all comes from the way the culture is set up. These people know a lot about monkeys but nothing about people..their own employees if you will. Its kinda like they have their own gangs in the company and if you aren't licking the bottome of your managers shoes then you're insubordinate.