Exact Sciences reviews

3.7

61% would recommend to a friend

(1,106 total reviews)
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Kevin T. Conroy

68% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Exact Sciences has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,106 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Exact Sciences employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

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1K reviews
1.0
Oct 8, 2018

A company in a sad state...don't get sucked in!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Mission, engaged and enthusiastic CEO, Stocks and bonuses for all employees, PTO and decent health insurance. Most employees are good people.

Cons

Unrealistic goals and metrics, all decisions based on the newest "shiny object" for the day or month. Under-performers not addressed and no support from HR. Directors and Managers have no experience in running their departments yet they micro-manage staff. Directives are given without direction from management, goals are unrealistic and they ignore things that should be obvious to a manager. Work/life balance is only for some and not for all people. Upper Managers use people to make themselves look better. It's all about image, so don't believe everything you see in job ads. They terminate people without documentation or valid reason yet hold on to people that have been "warned" over and over and over. Literally the worst HR I have ever experienced. 90% have no idea what they are doing and there is a lot of them for some reason.

2.0
Jun 29, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

-Great mission -Good Benefits -Good basic entry level sales training -Smart co-workers (currently... but rapidly leaving by the month) -Employee stock options -Ok compensation

Cons

-Average / under qualified management. -IRRELEVANT daily metrics (promotions rely entirely on these, not actual skill or effort.) -Constant unexpected quarterly changes to sales incentive plan, territory’s, and regional teams. -STARTING JULY 1st (Q3) THIS SALES DEPARTMENT IS NOW A CALL CENTER. DAILY METRICS HAVE BEEN ALMOST DOUBLED OVERNIGHT (talk time / amount of dials doubled)

2.0
May 5, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

The biggest pro is when you walk out the door for the week, or forever. Bonuses after being forced to work yourself to death are okay.

Cons

Lots of fake 5 star reviews lately . The " new' six figure salary lean and flow folks are more uneducated people that have no idea what they are doing, but because they sucked up to the hiring managers for five years, they've got it good. This company is garbage. The lab staff are abused daily. Low pay to do all the work to bring in the profit. Then all the profit is given to corporate employees, not the lab staff. Corporate works remote, have desks, have flexibility. Lab staff do not. You will be worked to death on shift. Stand 8-10 hours in the lab. No desk, garbage pay, treated like a child, and learn nothing. The last two weeks of each quarter you are not allowed PTO. Corporate or lab management is not subject to this. Lab staff is required to work normal hours during all holidays now. Corporate and lab management gets them all off. Don't believe the great place to work nonsense. They pay for that label. Don't believe them when they say you can move from the lab to other areas of the company. You can't . It's literally impossible. It's miserable here, and you will be too. Turnover is really high for a reason. I cannot stress enough that you should find a position anywhere else first, if possible.

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