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?

"Smart People; Ability to Blaze Your Own Path" ((in 41 reviews)); "Decent pay but could be better" ((in 18 reviews)); "Awesome coworkers who have the same drive and dedication you do (Hint: If you don't, this probably isn't the right place for you!)" ((in 17 reviews)); "Flexible hours (doesn't mean short hours)" ((in 16 reviews)); "good benefits" ((in 14 reviews))

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

"No work life balance" ((in 20 reviews)); "poor management and kick you off once you lost your clinet" ((in 19 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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Reviews by job title

360 reviews

4.0

Jun 21, 2016

Solid Employer

Senior systems administrator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Mature and experienced leadership in IT department. Balanced technology vision. Good work/life balance.

Cons

Lack of a flex or remote option for tech workers

2.0

Jun 21, 2016

Company philosophy

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Interesting work. Wide variety of work. Many nice and knowledgeable people. Many opportunities to work with a wide variety of clients and build a professional network.

Cons

Unless you are a principal, you are definitely second-class. Non-principals must supply all support functions, yet maintain billing quotas. Many principals are unprincipled in their behavior. Management function virtually non-existent.

2.0

May 23, 2016

Interesting work, terrible plan for "growth"

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The work is reasonably interesting as long as you can separate yourself from their one big Silicon Valley client. Bonuses are decent. Some of the staff are great people to work with.

Cons

Management only listens to the loudest people, even if they are subpar in their technical specialty. Pressure to grow and develop business, but there is no guidance on how to do this. Vague advice is given such as "you gotta get lucky" or "write papers" or "develop a niche". Management has no vision for growth besides "keep hiring associates and hopefully we'll find something for them to do to bill clients". Many people with subpar technical skills get promoted very quickly by working on projects for two major clients. People that are 5 years out of school are becoming Principal Engineers by working for two specific clients, yet have no experience with industry vision or business development or breaking into new markets.

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