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Express Scripts

Acquired by The Cigna Group

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3.1

48% would recommend to a friend

(756 total reviews)
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Tim Wentworth

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32% positive business outlook

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1.0
Jun 24, 2014
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Pros

Management is more concerned with their "friends" instead of running departments correctly. You can stay under the radar and avoid the crap show. You can stay to yourself because management is clueless.

Cons

Completely unprofessional. I worked at ESI as a contract worker. I watched under educated and unqualified contractors be offered positions because management "liked how they dressed" or "liked how they fit into the office clique". Meanwhile, the other contract workers did the majority of the department work and were expected to work a minimum of 50 hours a week during the year. Middle management are a complete joke and departments are ran like high school clique groups and not like a professionally ran company. THIS is why George Paz has one of the lowest percentages of all CEO's in America. The rate of compensation no where NEAR matches the work load responsibilities asked of employees. ESI is arrogant enough to think that they can keep burning through employees by hiring naive college students who don't know they are being screwed on their pay. It makes me laugh to know that the Medco system transition has been a complete nightmare for ESI and how much money they've lost due to the lack of unqualified management making decisions that never worked on the floor. Hey ESI, a lot of your problems stem from your middle management. How about you talk directly to the workers instead of these compulsive liars you call your Team Leads. I've met over 10 people since I left ESI and I've not heard one good experience about working there. When ESI loses its contract with the Department of Defense and other government agencies, I hope the Feds sue the living hell out of you.

1.0
Jun 23, 2014

The company in general.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The only real pro in the call centers are the people who work side by side with you, the call takers and a few of the first line of supervisors, the floor supervisors, They are quality people who actually care about the work environment and the customer.

Cons

The Con's are that the first line of supervisors and call takers have to put up with having to deal with and watch the "clicks" of managers and positions on up try to lead you and sometime don't even know their job let alone ours. Both call takers and first line supervisors are generally keep truly in the dark about what is happening and going to happen in the workplace on a daily and monthly basis. Even when managers themselves would call a unit meeting, a lot of questions by staff we're always skirted around so no real answers were received and you would leave the meeting scratching your head asking yourself, what just happened. There was a very vocalized "open door policy" but hardly anyone used it in fear of then being picked on in your weekly monitors, which would add such a greater level of stress to an already high job stress level that people would even sometimes quite. I saw this happen to many very good people who the company should have sought to keep as they were actually doing the correct job and asking relevant questions. It was like there was always something being hidden from us and such a sweatshop type mentality of upper management, it was just horrible. Another review mentioned "greed"... yes this company is all about that. Don't for a moment think that the company is really for the customer, not so much, I saw too much to the contrary. I mean I get it, it is a for profit business, and that's good, it has just gone way to far to the other side and has lost it's vision and purpose. Also don't think this review is specific to the call center, I had friends in the dispensing pharmacy, operations, client services and clerical. The same feelings and thoughts about the company we're and I'm sure are still the same. As an after thought I used to get a kick out of the internal "assessment of the company" that we would all take yearly and sometimes bi-yearly, I still just now chuckled to myself, as it always came back that 85% or greater of the employees thought it was such a great place to work. We who worked there knew why it came back so hi a "good" rating, one word, "Scared" . Most people who took it, even though it was done by independent contractor, felt the company could figure out who was filling it out and then that person too would be picked on. Really sad if you think about, but gosh management would sure wag that report in our faces saying how much the employees loved the place. All I have to say is that was part of their ongoing self delusion. I hope this helps anyone who is thinking about going to work for Express Scripts, just think about it carefully. Just so you know I left of my own free will in good standing after just being fed up with all the shenanigans, so I'm not a fired disgruntled ex-employee and I was able to go off my blood pressure pill's within two week's after leaving.. Really!

5.0
Jun 23, 2014

A chance to be a change agent in improving healthcare in the US

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Working for Express Scripts is an opportunity to actually make a difference in improve the quality and cost of healthcare in the US. I finish every day knowing that I accomplished something important. Is it a challenging environment? Absolutely. But that challenge is what keeps us on our toes and doing our best work. Overall, I work for kind people who are fair and always providing positive feedback. They have a personal life and are supportive when my personal life (i.e. kids, family) need my attention. During Super Storm Sandy, by boss was the first to call me to see if I was ok. And I had only been working for him for 6 months. I miss my Medco colleagues, and adjusting to a new work culture from afar has been hard. But Express Scripts is a good place with good people who are all working to make the cost of health care more affordable for patients and payers.

Cons

Being a remote employee, I do not feel as if there are as many growth opportunities as there were before the merger. While frustrating, I don't believe the grass would be "greener" elsewhere. I earn a fair salary, I have good benefits for my family and my retirement, and I have a good work/life balance.

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We appreciate your detailed review and the work you’ve done at Express Scripts. We think that one benefit of working for a rapidly growing company is the opportunity to be on the leading edge of industry trends and to see firsthand the impact you make for patients and clients. Your situation also highlights our flexible work situations, emphasis on personal workplace connections, and dedication to work-life balance. We understand the unique challenges inherent to remote employees, and your comments will help us strengthen our communication and connection with employees like you.
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