Does Exponent pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Exponent employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Exponent. This rating has decreased by 4% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Exponent?

34% of Exponent employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Exponent 2.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.7 for culture and values and 3.0 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Exponent?

Senior Associate (44) , Associate (43) , Scientist (22) , Manager (20) , Senior Scientist (18) , Managing Engineer (16) , Senior Engineer (10) , Engineer (9) , Research Assistant (9) , Study Facilitator (9) , Consultant (6) , Managing Scientist (6) , Principal Engineer (5) , Administrative Assistant (4) , Principal (4)

What are the pros of working at Exponent according to real employee reviews?

"Great colleagues and coworkers who are incredibly smart." ((in 39 reviews)); "Smart People; Ability to Blaze Your Own Path" ((in 39 reviews)); "Decent pay but could be better" ((in 19 reviews)); "> Friendly coworkers who are very supportive." ((in 17 reviews)); "The benefits are good, 401k needs 5 years to vest though." ((in 15 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Exponent according to real employee reviews?

"No work life balance" ((in 21 reviews)); "poor management and kick you off once you lost your clinet" ((in 21 reviews)); "Managers are good at over promising to clients and terrible at managing projects." ((in 15 reviews)); "Horribly run organization with a toxic culture." ((in 11 reviews)); "After seven months upper management caught on and I was somehow blamed for this insisting whatever small amounts of work I had been given I wasn't recording enough hours for." ((in 9 reviews))

What are employees saying about Exponent layoffs in 2026?

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What are the top reviewed Exponent locations?

Menlo Park , Phoenix , Philadelphia , Natick , New York , Oakland , Boston , Los Angeles , Chicago , San Francisco , Washington , Bellevue , Seattle , Brooklyn , Detroit , Houston , Phila , Newark , Alexandria , Massapequa , Scottsdale , Nebraska City , Austin , Honolulu , Irvine , Sacramento , San Diego , Palo Alto , Dundalk , Atlanta

Exponent reviews

3.0

34% would recommend to a friend

(360 total reviews)

Catherine Corrigan

30% approve of CEO

30% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.2

Compensation and benefits

3.0

Career opportunities

2.7

Culture & values

2.7

Diversity & inclusion

2.4

Senior management

2.3

Work/Life balance

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

Nov 3, 2016

Employees are expendable

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Smart people Nice projects Good work opportunities

Cons

The company culture is bad, really bad. People are just another resource. No people growth. Very few have the opportunity to make it to principal and it is impossible without a good supervisor and sheer luck. The most competent people do not get the job because it is so competitive between employees/offices.

3.0

Oct 10, 2016

First job after Engineering PhD. Left after 7 years.

Managing engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

If I had to do it all over again, I would absolutely take the job; but I would come in to Exponent with a 3 to 6 year exit plan. -Worked with collection of the smartest and most driven scientists and engineers I've ever met. Some of them were very fun to work with. -Work was often exciting and relevant to big news stories. -Grew "soft skills" including writing, marketing, and client management. -In theory, hours could be flexible, as long as work got done. -Big name clients offered interesting full time employee options. -Solicited by head-hunters for interesting full time employment options. -Exponent paid for certification testing (e.g. P.E. license) and associated continuing education courses or materials. -Mentors were easy to find in the early days.

Cons

-Work required being on-call almost 24-7. In my experience this became more true as time went on. -Travel (flying with at least one overnight stay) with less than a week notice (sometimes same day) was very typical and occurred several times per year. -Was not uncommon for consulting staff to quit within a year. -Moral drops after the "novelty" of project work wears off. -No monetary incentive for mentors. -No training on how to be a "manager" associated with being promoted to "manager". -Mentors were harder to find and less useful after a few years.

5.0

Sep 26, 2016

Excellent Company and Culture

Manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible working hours, extremely intelligent and personable staff, good office location and lots of interesting work.

Cons

Sometimes you can be asked to do tasks that require you go above and beyond, but you are rewarded for that. Overall, no severe "Cons."

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