EMSL Analytical reviews

2.6

31% would recommend to a friend

(537 total reviews)

Dr. Peter Frasca

54% approve of CEO

25% positive business outlook

EMSL Analytical has an employee rating of 2.6 out of 5 stars, based on 537 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The EMSL Analytical employee rating is 30% below average for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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537 reviews
1.0
Sep 7, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

In every lab there are good analysts that continue to come to work everyday, meet the output numbers even thou they get nothing in return (besides a measly paycheck), and are very knowledgable in their skill. They are the people who make EMSL's money. They are what make coming to work everyday just a little easier.

Cons

I wish I would have known about this site before I accepted the job. Reading other reviews would have saved me some turmoil. First, when you are interviewed, they make it seem like this is a great company to work for with lots of career opportunities and the ability to cross-train in multiple departments. FAIL. Second, this company has a corporate HQ and a bunch of other "branch" labs. The branch labs are run by, for the lack of a better word, chumps. A lot of "managers" and "supervisors" and "technical managers" that don't know a darn thing about what they are talking about but like to pretend like they do so they take home a nice paycheck at the end of the week. And, since HQ houses a majority of the authority figures as well as the HR department, the branch managers can continue to run a lab where there is no sense of leadership, responsibility, ownership, or comradery. FAIL.

1.0
Aug 27, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Seriously -- I can't think of ANYTHING good about this company, other than you don't have to bring your own toilet paper to work.

Cons

Where to even begin..... Management is a failure. FAILURE. Lab managers get bonuses based on profit. Analysts see zero dollars added to their paychecks based on that same profit. Analysts do every smidgen of the work, and reap absolutely none of the benefits. Upper management are literally all family members, and have no CLUE how the company actually works, or what the analysts even do. The bosses could not do the analysts jobs -- they are not qualified. This company is not interested in any analysis being scientifically sound. Quality control has everything to do with paperwork, and nothing to do with quality. If you are even considering working for this company, stop considering it right now. They will pressure you into working longer, later hours than you ever imagined. You will miss out on family time, and instead of compensating you, you will be labeled as "the guy/girl who we can force to work weekends." They will promise you rewards for taking on more responsibility, but will never follow through. If you see a 50 cent raise in your salary after working for them for 3 years, you are among the lucky, privileged few. This is not an exaggeration. You deserve better than to be treated like a child. As a coworker put it best, "this place sucks the life out of your soul."

2.0
Jun 23, 2013

Best to stay away

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

flexible schedules vacation time accrues quickly after the first year

Cons

employees are not well compensated benefits, especailly healthcare, are a joke due to the high premiums no paid sick days management is arrogant and out of touch with the rank and file workers emphasis is strongly placed on production, instead of quality raises are miniscule, usually 2% even for the outstanding employess cameras are used to track employees atmosphere of distrust exists management makes decisions in a void, without considering the impact

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