VP in-law told me "Anyone can be replaced" - Anonymous employee EMSL Analytical Employee Review

2.0
Jan 28, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good location, there are some decent people working here, I learned a lot

Cons

Hard to understand how this company stays in business, other than the owner's deep pockets. He owns lots of commercial real estate in addition to EMSL. Large amounts of available cash seem to offset the dubious management, marketing, HR, and accounting policies that would have sunk another company long ago. EMSL is held together by a relative handful of competent individuals, but you won't find any competence in upper management, HR, or accounting. These people excel at blame shifting and throwing employees under the bus. Nepotism, cronyism and mediocrity thrive there. You won't succeed on merit, by being sharp, or working hard. You'll only make it if if you are family, a friend, or they happen to like you, which seems as random as a coin toss. If they don't immediately like you on day one they never will.

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Cons

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