laboratory analyst

laboratory assistant

laboratory technician

data entry clerk

senior laboratory analyst

EMSL Analytical, Inc

If you are interviewing for a job at EMSL, please take a tape recorder. I was promised benefits that were "affordable", generous PTO, and training to do my job. I didn't receive any of these "promises". This company is erratically managed, and their managers have no training on how to deal with employees. All they are interested in is how they look to other managers in the company, and outsiders. The management team I worked for changed their minds about job responsibilities on a daily basis, and when I questioned my responsibilities, I was told to "just do my job". This company does not believe in teamwork, being accountable, and working together for a common goal. I was told during my training not to ask any of my co-workers any questions because they did not want me picking up any bad habits. If they trained their employees better, the management wouldn't have to worry about that. My training consisted of 3 days of my manager sitting behind me while she told me how to navigate the computer systems. Other than that, I had to ask her how to do things when I was unfamiliar with their procedures. There is no job description, no SOPs, and no support.

I was "let go" after 3 months of employment and was not given any reason. It was personal - my manager told me many times that I would have to get rid of my attitude. There is no communication between management and their employees, no support from management, no concern for the employees' frustration, and no opportunity to move up in this company.

I was relieved when I was let go, and within 3 days have found employment with a company who recognizes my talents and work experiences.

Unless you are desperate, do not accept a job from this company.

This place is so toxic you go in everyday wishing you didn’t go to work. They hire lazy people and the workers who have been there 10+ years don’t care what they do. They are unsafe, they plagiarize data, and on top of that they sleep, and drink at the job , especially at night. The supervisor and managers are a joke, and they will do anything to blame everything on the workers without holding the real slackers accountable. They hire GED uneducated people who are by no means qualified to work in a respectable lab and the conditions in the lab is harmful and unsafe . This place is a joke. By all means AVOID this place. They will work you like a slave while the tenure workers sleep, and watch videos on their phone while the real workers work. You have workers that will get mad at you if you actually work because you are afraid of putting light on the fact that they are actually lazy and not doing anything so they will get mad at you to the point of harassment. This place is not even a stepping stone. If you go here you will most likely get asbestos than a raise. Avoid by all cost. The people and this job is the worst place. 

The management in this company is laughable. You don't get any sick days you get barely any time off and if you use all your vacation days and your sick you get yelled at. There is so much micromanaging. NEPOTISM! The manager doesn't care if you do a good job or not because you aren't getting a raise or promoted unless you suck up to her. There is an enormous amount of favoritism. Everything the way this lab is run is biased and unfair. People pick favorites and those favorites are rewarded. Do yourself a favor and don't use this lab as a stepping stone. You learn nothing that is transferable to other jobs. The lab is basically falling apart and i don't know how it passes inspection. Most of it seems illegal and dangerous. You have to work weekends once or twice a month. This review is for the Carle Place and NYC locations only. I can't attest to the other locations. Also there is no real room for growth within the company. And don't ask for a raise because you won't get it.

A typical day includes analyzing client samples for asbestos and environmental microbiology in a fast paced work environment. Weekend and off-hours work is commonplace. I have worked here 10 years, my entire professional career, and I have learned a great deal about the environmental testing industry and various analyses we offer. This is a family owned company and much of upper management is related to each other. I have worked both in the Minneapolis location and the Denver location and experienced very positive relationships with my co-workers and positive working environments at the local level. The hardest part of the job is communicating to upper management the needs at the local level and receiving their support. The most enjoyable parts of the job are interacting with co-workers at the local level, helping clients with their needs, and analyzing samples utilizing the electron microscopes.

I worked here for several years as a college student (intern) which I found to be a great job as a student. Once I graduated, I wanted to work full time, but changed my mind as I decided I wanted to return to graduate school. Apparently, this company "doesn't hire part time" and I gave plenty of notice to have a part time position. 
You're either an intern or you work full time which I was lied to. 


I was demoted and my title changed without proper notice.


Since then, I was avoided and mistreated. I was taken advantage of in the company. I wanted to learn more and gain knowledge of the lab but was thrown around doing random work and revoked any conversation about what I wanted to learn. 
As an intern, you are also EXTREMELY DISRESPECTED. 
So I worked the same hours and worked the same job as a FULL TIME EMPLOYEE. 
I am ashamed that I gave my energy to this company. I was promised a part time position, but was revoked that. 

Only upside was the coworkers who stood up for me and appreciated me. 

Front office has the most busy/fast paced job and gets paid the least. Prep technicians and analysts get paid sightly more but don't get to enjoy the Summer months because of busy season and mandatory overtime especially for the entire month of July. Assistant manager makes a single dollar more than the analysts at least during my time there. 

The more you know the more "valuable" you become, meaning you are told constantly to put off your own life/plans and come in nights and weekends or come in early and stay late, but it's also really fun to learn all the different types of analysis. The more you know then the more you get to move around and do different things during the week.

Terrible communication within the company, but locations throughout the US and Canada work out well if you want to move and keep your job.

3 years of service and they send someone out of the blue to tell you they're closing your workplace, effective immediately, and you're out of a job starting today. Then, when you try to negotiate terms so that you can be adequately compensated for the hardship they just dumped on you, they refuse to even come to the table. 

Upper management will absolutely do everything they can to destroy any goodwill with their employees and make certain that you will never have a single good thing to say about them. Good thing I refused sign that Non-Disparagement Agreement!

Don't spent more than 6 months of your time at this company. (Unless you plan on marrying into the Family or have some relation to them, then you can spend an entire summer in Italy every year which is a pretty good deal).

This company is not a terrible place to start if you have nowhere better. Don’t expect to be paid a ton as the work done here. For the most part, the work is repetitive and easy. Getting some experience here is likely good if you are in the science field. It is certainly better than no job at all but I would not recommend planning to stay for more than a year or two. This is especially true if you are equipped with a degree in a competitive field. You can do better if you have some logic and a brain. Hopefully if you do work here it can be used as a stepping stone. Think of this place as an American sweatshop. A sweatshop but with more rights as dictated by American labor laws. 

This is a decent job. The pay is acceptable in comparison to today's standards. The benefits are horrible. It is production work, not very interesting.

The atmosphere is very friendly, which is extremely important. Your coworkers are terrific people. There are few to no annoyances during the workday. There are overtime opportunities often, plus you get more than typical paid time off. The hours are very flexible and not strict. 

There is a large turn around rate because people want an instant  career and it takes a long time here. You will get only the job you are promised, and accept. You will not get more. You will not work for your mommy who will see your fullest potential and give you fast promotions and praise. Expect only the job that is offered to you, keep your end of the work deal, and you will be happy here.

Prior to coming on board with this company, I read up on the company and found nothing but negative reviews about this company. But unfortunately, I did not worst thing possible I could do and that was ignore the reviews. This company is by far the most dysfunctional place I have ever worked at it is not worth the time or headache. You have to always watch your back and everyone comes off friendly and nice, but they are far from friendly they are a bunch of sneaky backstabbers on every level from upper management all the way down to the regular trashy employees. And the employee turnover is extremely high, no job security just horrible all around. I will say this to anyone looking to work here, the negative reviews are 100% accurate you have been warned.

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