EMSL Analytical Reviews

Don’t believe any of the reviews that have 4-5 stars. Dr. Frasca sent out an email company wide asking employees to write good reviews because the reviews on Glassdoor were so terrible. Anyone who really works here and is not upper management would never rate it that high. If you are a tech in any department, you are basically treated like crap and told you are replaceable. Most techs are desperate college grads looking for experience. I was lucky enough to have a few promotions and move up in the company, but buyer beware. You never really get a raise, you are just expected to do your job on top of everything new you learn. If anyone leaves you will be expected to do their job on top of yours. Even with those raises my base pay was really low. You only make any money because of the ridiculous amount of overtime you are required to work because there isn’t enough staff in the lab. There’s too many samples with quick turns for anyone to work 8 hrs. Management will ask you to work weekends and OT, and if samples are late they will micromanage you. Several times we had a manager check on us every hour looking for results. What happened to “no undue pressure” from your handbook? I got hired at another company in an entry level position making $10k more in an entry level position then I was making after 4 years of hard work and “raises” at EMSL. If you are a skilled worker and offered a job here, run while you can! There is a reason they are always hiring, most people don’t stay past a year or two. Do not even expect to have a work/life balance or any kind of acknowledgement for your hard work. This place will suck out your soul and steal your happiness.

Their are too many cons to count. First of all, they are extremely cheap. The equipment is in terrible condition and they spend no money investing in upkeep. If your equipment breaks down, you better find a way to fix it, because upper management won't help you. I had traveled to over 10 branch labs over my career with EMSL, and its the same story everywhere. The pay is very bad. When I would hire a person in 2013 as a manager, the starting pay was the same as what I made when I started with the company in 2003. No increase over a decade, pathetic. The raises are awful. 2% at most if you are lucky to get one. Trying to get anything done was impossible because upper management flat out ignored you. I attempted over the course of 3 years to get a lead department set up, and no one helped me, but then I was criticized for this. This happened so many times in so many situations. I would ask someone for help, whether it was my regional manager or a vice president, I would get no help at all, and then they would come back later and say, "Why isn't this done?". I fired an employee and she wrote a letter to upper management containing a slew of lies and over exaggerations about me. My superiors handled this accusation very unprofessionally. They took every word of what this disgruntled employee who worked for the company for 1.5 yeas said and believed it. I was guilty before any questions were asked. One of the VPs traveled to our lab and "investigated" me by interviewing my employees and reamed me for accusations that were completely unfounded and unproven without any representation from human resources. This is the way they treat dedicated, loyal, hard working employees. The benefits are awful. The health insurance is so incredibly expensive I couldn't even afford it for just myself, I have no idea how someone making $12 an hour could ever afford it. I had to get health insurance independently. You are expected to work insane hours. Several times I was in the lab in the middle of the night and weekends, including Sundays. I had no idea how much money my lab was making. They would spew numbers at you telling you the lab wasn't successful, but since they wouldn't share the revenue information, I never knew if they were being honest. I had signed a non-compete contract with them. After I was let go, various VPs called every single potential employer in the Denver area and informed them of my non-compete contract. Now I am prevented from working in my field, the only field I have worked in my entire career since I graduated college. They really do not value their employees and they do not treat them with respect. When I look back on my career with EMSL, they really failed me on several levels. I am disappointed in them as a company, and I am extremely disappointed in a couple of the VPs, I feel like I was abandoned by them. I am very happy that I do not work for them anymore.