There's a reason I refer to EMSL as the Wal-mart of testing laboratories
Pros
The salary & vacation time was enough to keep me there over 5 years.
Cons
Benefits were awful: health insurance was so expensive that I had to seek private policy elsewhere, 401k plan contributions was only minimally matched. Support for branch labs was minimal while criticism of branch managers was abundant. Loyal, hard working employees who had a mind to speak up were either dismissed or outright fired. The company fired me because I refused to relocate because my current branch manager did not like me. As a branch manager I saw many hourly workers receive horrid treatment for the amount of work done. I was expected to be on-call at all times of the day & night & missed multiple family gatherings for this company. Their non-compete agreement is incredibly stringent & keeps one shackled to the company. Workers are dealt with as if they are disposable commodities just so EMSL can continue to undercut every other competitor in the game. This is why EMSL is the Wal-mart of analytical labs.
