Charles River Laboratories Reviews

Pros

Nice co-workers, supportive and experienced
Nice managers,
Nice projects, diversified,
New facilities,
Free drinks (coffee, hot chocolate), free cakes.

Advice to Management

Continue to treat well your employees.

Pros

management were good in the department

Pros

Not a stressful environment

Pros

I work in IT department. There are no strict deadlines, no pressure, no bullying from the supervisors, working from home is also available

Advice to Management

Try to adopt new ways to execute the daily bureaucracy and run the roll out. Digitizing the countless procedures and documents would be good too.

Pros

Strong values and work ethic
High-quality training programmes
Pension and Life Assurance plan
Holiday entitlement (28 days + 4 days public holidays)
Regular employee performance reviews that help personal progression
Flexible working hours and possible working from home
Subsidised staff room
Free on-site car park
CREDS – discounts for CRL employees with various retailers
Recently opened on-site gym-classes (limited range of classes at the moment - Metafit, Boxercise)
Company encourages its employees to help poorer communities, e.g. One-day per year paid allowance to spend working in a charity of your choosing; Packaging and sending meals to children in Africa
Exceptionally hard-work rewarded by distributing shopping vouchers (worth £25)

Advice to Management

Show that you care about employees by talking to them directly, taking interest in their day to day tasks and challenges, arrange regular meetings, surveys to address current issues, provide support and help to solve problems together, not just refer to someone else. Make employees feel rewarded for the job they do by focusing on their needs to successfully complete projects more than focusing on pleasing clients. Review salaries frequently, make adjustments where possible to become more competitive and attractive employer. All the above will contribute towards reducing staff turnover number and increase employee satisfaction.

Pros

Fast paced, good learning ground

Pros

Reasonably interesting role, met some good colleagues

Advice to Management

Stop viewing staff as a dispensable commodity that you can pay low and treat poorly until they leave.

Pros

Great culture, family comes first, flexible Working.

Advice to Management

Talk to the employees, measure stress, provide support for new hires.

Pros

Good colleagues, some great managers

Advice to Management

You get what you give...

Pros

Charles River is starting to develop as a CRO which has broken the mold - looking to invest in it's people, increasing enjoyment, engagement and retention of staff. This has gone hand in hand with capturing a large share of strategic partnerships with clients. They still have some way to go but renumeration and site activities are actively being looked at and progression schemes are present in a raft of jobs. Expect to work hard, but expect to make a real difference at the coal face of regulatory science.

Advice to Management

Keep up with the changes being implemented and remember that valuing, educating and investing in your staff is the key to enhancing efficiencies and effectiveness.