Not a good place to work. - Anonymous employee EMSL Analytical Employee Review

1.0
Mar 9, 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Plenty of overtime, flexible hours

Cons

When you start working for a company and find that the people who have been working there for a long time don't have a better paycheck or a better job than the one you are starting with, it is a good indication of how little they value a loyal, hard working employee. I was promoted instead of more experienced, better qualified people because the managers feel they can manipulate me and push me around. If you have opinions or ideas, you are a troublemaker. They don't care if those ideas could save the company lots of money or improve quality. They just want to make all of the decisions on their own, and then blame someone else when it works out badly. They don't seem to realize that happy employees are more productive, or that quality work leads to better profits. I am not writing this because I was fired or mistreated. I seem to be one of the favored ones because I don't make trouble. I am writing this because I see on a daily basis how they make decisions, and I feel that anyone considering taking a job here should have fair warning.

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Cons

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Cons

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