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

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
4.0
Aug 25, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Brilliant coworkers, wide variety of projects, faced-paced work environment, good compensation

Cons

Management at this company doesn't manage people, they manage projects so you really have to stand up for yourself and take charge of your career if you want anything to happen, unpredictable work schedule

3.0
Aug 14, 2012

Interview

Recommend
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Pros

Great environment, very professional people, very detail oriented, friendly co-workers. Flexible working hours, variety of different and challenging projects.

Cons

Managing staff not very friendly, difficult to move up the ladder quickly,

1.0
Aug 14, 2012

Dysfunctional

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The projects are interesting, and there are a lot of smart people who work there. Upper management tries to make sure people are able to keep track of what their colleagues in other centers/cities are doing.

Cons

I was hired at a low position at a below market salary, with the understanding that I would be formally trained in project management, promoted quickly, and transferred. None of those things happened. Billable time is everything and everybody is fighting over billable work. People are rewarded for doing a lot of overtime and there is no incentive to delegate work to colleagues. If you are junior and do not have your own clients, you are screwed. There is no incentive for training new employees. There is no formal mechanism for training new employees. Professional development is not rewarded in any meaningful way, and some people aren't even allowed to go to professional meetings. See focus on billable time. There is no clear path for advancement. Promotions are rare. I am not the only one. Turnover in the one year I was there was ridiculous.

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