Exponent reviews

Upper management focuses on short-term financial gains over long-term strategy and professional development. Very limited investment in R&D (computer software, hardware). Primary focus is on utilization - sink or swim. As a self-starter you can do well here, but with the focus on litigation, work tends to lack technical depth. Review process, bonus and bill rate structure has almost zero transparency. Compensation is low relative to other firms in the same line of work.

The company values short-term financial performance and shareholder value far, far above the well-being of its employees. Given it's a publicly traded consulting firm - make no mistake about it - health of the bottom line is far more important than anything else at Exponent. The "culture" is one of a small company having serious issues trying to be run like a big one: senior management are all engineers (most of whom have only ever worked at the firm) who take a very quantitative approach to their 'business strategy" of increasing profitability. This "tone at the top" filters down throughout the organization, as it really is every person for themself to stay relevant from a profitability perspective. As a result, the culture management cultivates leaves employees with two chief impressions: "short-sighted and disappointing." For the prospective employee: know that you are potentially entering an environment in which employee satisfaction, morale, career advancement, and related philosophies on treating employees like people are absolutely insulting to a professional who takes pride in their daily life and work.