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      Exponent

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      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
      2.0
      May 20, 2021

      Low compensation, stressful workplace

      Senior associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Work with talent people. Exposure to diverse projects.

      Cons

      Very low base salaries (around 120k) and yearly bonuses around 5-10k for associate/senior associate Toxic atmosphere of work/project allocation. Stressful to find work to do.

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      Exponent Response
      5y
      We have a total compensation philosophy. Associate and Senior Associates earn a competitive base salary plus they are paid one times their hourly rate for hours beyond 40 in a week when they are highly billable on client projects. In addition they earn an annual bonus which is tied to their personal performance. Employees who contribute high value to their internal and external clients and colleagues reap excellent financial rewards. Additionally Exponent contributes 7% of base salary to the employee's 401(k) every year without requiring an employee contribution. Sally Shepard, CHRO
      2.0
      Jun 12, 2019

      The work is fine, but workload is insane

      Associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      I really love the type of work I do at Exponent. Also, the pay is really great for someone fresh out of grad school. If you're a workaholic you will love to work here. You will learn to stand up for yourself and say no to management.

      Cons

      Understaffed. Workloads are too high. Managers expect all staff to be workaholics like them who are happy to work evenings/weekends. Who doesn't like casually working a couple hours every night after working a full day? Managers are good at over promising to clients and terrible at managing projects. Managers will ask for crazy things so they can barter with your free time to get what they wanted in the first place (e.g. if they want 10 hours of work over a weekend "I need you to work 30 hours this weekend. Oh you're on vacation, well then I'm sure you can just do this small thing and I'll find someone else to cover for you." When the 'small thing' is 10 hours of work. Also, don't paint staff like they're the bad guy for having a life just because you mismanaged a project or client expectations.) It gets worse during busy seasons.

      2.0
      Mar 5, 2010

      Exponent - consider it a short stop in your career

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Best and brightest minds - recruited high potential MS and Ph'D's from top engineering schools. You never know what project comes in the door for you to work on. Exposure to a lot of different areas. Decent ESPP, retirement and health plans. The right boss can make or break you. In poor ecoonomic times, people are more litigious so employment more steady here. Each office has its own culture.

      Cons

      Communication from upper mgmt could be better. Some people are managers because they bring in work but manage horribly and do not develop their people. Inside joke is that they train you to be an independent consultant. No work life balance - almost impossible with consulting of this nature. A call comes in and you're on a plane the next day. Show face is prevalant theme - work from home not encouraged which is nuts. Very high turnover. Need more diversity, including women in management.

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