Express Scripts reviews about "layoff"

Constant layoffs. No security. Very flat organization. Low level managers with 40+ people reporting directly to them. Feel of doom and gloom permeate the cubes and hallways. People in New Jersey feel it's only a matter of time before the location no longer exists, or exists as a fraction of what it is today.

Express Scripts (ESI) used to be a nice place to work. The company was very employee oriented and we were able to have fun while still getting work accomplished. The morale began sliding dramatically as department management changed due to being over stressed and overworked. Outsourcing became more popular which in turn brought layoffs. The fun employee appreciation activities stopped at a company level and care for employees completely went out the window. Anyone who has worked at ESI for any amount of time (at least in Eligibility) is completely deflated and in fear of losing their job. There is absolutely no work/life balance either. When I left ESI, I was working a minimum of 60 hours every week while being a salary employee (no overtime pay) and absolutely no appreciation for the extra work. Cons: no work/life balance, lack of care for employees (feel like just a number), terrible training (for new & existing employees, lack of job knowledge by management, extremely high stress

If you are below manager level - it is a sweat shop. Limited training opportunities for professional advancement. Company is cheap when it comes to investing for the long term especially IT reources. IT solutions are half baked and always need a bandaid. Most operations departments run a shadow IT organization by hiring their own IT people to make ends meet as IT department is very difficult to work with. No long term thinking/goals by upper management, after August everyone is only concerned about 1/1. Forced ranking (GE style) of bottom 10% eats away any team work or morale - no reason to cooperate or not play politics with co workers. Only way to get Stretch performance ranking is if you do not have family and willing to put in 80 hours a week all year, not uncommon to see divorce rates peaking after major integrations. It gets crazy during holidays before 1/1. ESI was the only game in town during recession, so it could afford to pay only 70-80% market rate of base salary. But with no bonus in 2012 and employment picture better in St. Louis, attrition will eat away the talent. Expect to see mass layoffs at all levels after the Medco integration is completed in early 2014 to compensate for loss of UHC account and to achieve promised synergy savings to Wall Street. Also the end of patent cliff savings does not bode well for 2014. Health Care Reform might save the day. ESI will dominate the PBM industry in the future like Walmart, but like Walmart it may not be the best place for everyone. The dependence on government programs will increase - DOD, Medicare and Health Care Reform. Company management will complain about Obama and government but without the government programs, ESI will be less than half its current size.