Exiger reviews

My experience at Exiger was very negative, bordering on traumatizing, and I would not recommend anyone to accept their offer unless it was the only way to afford rent. Majority of the company's problems have to do with Exiger management being very aware of the over supply of competent, educated and driven young graduates in the DC area, and taking full advantage. Young people come in full of excitement that is based on false promises and outright lies that are regularly told during the recruitment process. Please ask the HR about these Glassdoor reviews, and see how they tell you to discount them. This company treats its employees as a commodity, and has little respect for the skill and commitment that the employees bring to the table. With the exception of few jewels (shout-out to Sam Shin!) the company management is the worst I have ever encountered in my career to date. Intimidation, disinterest, disrespect, lack of support, poor dialogue, shaming for mistakes, results over staff well-being... You're guaranteed to feel bad about yourself. Men from certain internal clicks are disproportionately represented in management, and it is clear that promotions do not arise from management potential, but are a way to lock in people who never say no and are willing to produce results at any cost. All in all, Exiger is a toxic environment you want to stay away from, and warn your friends while you're at it.

The management atmosphere is toxic, with certain Exiger loyalists receiving both promotions and dictation over company direction with little input from anyone else. Recent changes to the management structure resulted in people being managed by people with substantially more loyalty to upper management than their subordinates and virtually no management training. This calls into question their ability to effectively advocate for their subordinates and highlights Exiger's general lack of effort to facilitate effective management. Related to the above, the office is socially striated close to its breaking point, with such striations related mostly to tenure. Certain fiefdoms (many of which include research managers) hoard plum assignments and engage in sophomoric behavior (either on social media or in the office) unbecoming of the firm Exiger Diligence clearly wants to be. Once researchers prove they are able to handle basic-level research, they are then significantly overburdened with work that makes overtime feel anything but "optional." This creates an incentive to be simply middling at the job to avoid working what amounts to mandatory overtime. The tools Exiger uses to dictate scheduling may have worked when the company was smaller, but the firm has clearly outgrown both the tools used to schedule and the people responsible for managing that schedule. People are told there are opportunities to move between different dimensions of Exiger's business and global offices. This is mostly a falsehood (with exceptions few and far between), as the average researcher in the Silver Spring office does not interact with other Exiger offices or personnel.