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      Exponent

      Engaged Employer

      Exponent reviews

      3.0

      37% would recommend to a friend

      (360 total reviews)
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      Catherine Corrigan

      34% approve of CEO

      35% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.2

      Compensation and benefits

      2.9

      Career opportunities

      2.8

      Diversity & inclusion

      2.7

      Culture & values

      2.4

      Work/Life balance

      2.4

      Senior management

      Exponent has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 360 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Exponent employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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      360 reviews
      3.0
      Oct 17, 2012

      Pros and cons just like any other place

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Reasonable compensation (not stellar but if you're non-manager you have overtime; though you can't really decide for yourself how much you want). 401 k contribution (independent of employee contribution). Though bear in mind that each office has its own culture so each employee's opinion is very office/manager specific.

      Cons

      The company comes across as "cheap" in certain ways - i.e. trying to depress bonuses for junior staff or sometimes making excuses for no bonuses (and these are not "standard" rules because from talking to other practice employees, every one gets a similar/different story depending on circumstance). Expensive health insurance. Again, unless you're lucky to have a good manager, little support given to junior employees.

      5.0
      Oct 12, 2012

      Great place for self-starters who happen to be workaholics

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Variety is the spice of life. No boss to speak of, other than the client. Crazy schedule and fast burn projects make things exciting. Salary starts out a bit on the low side for the expectations and workload, but high performance is definitely rewarded, especially when you get to the manager level and above. Once you get to principal you have the golden handcuffs firmly in place. This place is a total meritocracy. Individual performance based on billable hours is measured, quantified and reported on a weekly basis to everyone in the company. Loafers and people who don't come up to speed quickly with the corporate culture don't survive long. You are surrounded by high performing, brilliant colleagues from top universities. Hard to think of a better environment to strut your stuff. If you just graduated with a Ph.D. from a top university and want to know if you've got what it takes to compete against the best, brightest and hardest working Ph.D.s from the other top universities, then Exponent might be the place for you.

      Cons

      Work-life balance very difficult (dare I say impossible) to achieve. This is definitely a company for workaholics. Raw performance is measured and rewarded, so if you are someone who thinks they can rest on their laurels and prior success, don't bother. If your spouse doesn't have a career and wants to stay home with the kids, this may be the perfect place for you. Heaven help you if you are a dual income household with two career minded partners. Nearly all of senior management is divorced or is married to a spouse who has no professional career. No formalized training to speak of. This is a sink or swim career path. You either get it or you don't. You must be a self-starter and come up to speed very quickly, otherwise you will be looking for your next job less than a year after your start date.

      2.0
      Oct 1, 2012

      Poor management

      Senior associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Smart and nice colleagues, interesting projects with great variety that keep things from getting boring at least for the first couple of years.

      Cons

      Non-existent office management. Non-existent employee orientation. Employee benefits reduced to the minimum and largely ignored, hoping that no unions will form as long as billable work is pressed onto them.

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