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?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Exponent layoffs and their outlook for job security at Exponent in 2026.

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

3.0

May 11, 2009

Technically rewarding if you can handle the powerplays

Engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The technical problems that an engineer would face on a day in day out bases is great. The jobs are challenging and very rewarding.

Cons

Employees are on a sink or swim path. Either find your own work to become successful in the company or start looking for somewhere else to work. Review time is brutal as every little thing that you have done for the year is reviewed. The main office tends to horde work, leaving satellite offices to fend for themselves during slow times. Managers will horde work even to the point of flying across the country for a job even if they have support staff in the city they are flying to that could handle the work.

3.0

Dec 7, 2008

You could rise exponentially fast - but you probably will not.

Principal

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Gaining recognition amongst those people who think Exponent is a great firm, including their loyal clients and academics. Being challenged by truly unusual problems Learning about other disciplines and working in a multi-disciplined environment Working in an environment where you are free to develop your career as fast as you want it to develop Being well rewarded financially Having much freedom to write papers and develop professionally

Cons

Exponent is an ivory tower sort of firm. Arrogance is rife, as to be expected where the expected entrance ticket is a PhD from superb universities. The firm is not well grounded as a "practical" or "design" form. Indeed: there is a culture of separation from design firms which breeds superiority complexes. Career advance can be fast for those individuals with the passion and drive to work horribly long hours, to be political, and to quickly capture the attention of senior management as mentors and champions. There is little mentoring except for a chosen cadre of future stars. Despite encouragements otherwise, the firm really does prefer candidates to have a PhD; with little real-life experience elsewhere. They want to mold their junior staff. If you have insecurities when you join the firm, they may well be amplified. Then again, if insecurity drove you in the first place to get your PhD, you may well be able to channel that into a drive to succeed. If you have a wealth of experience elsewhere, it will not help you much. Exponent does its own thing.

2.0

Jan 16, 2026

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Associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

You get to work on many different projects and see all kinds of different failure analysis.

Cons

Disorganized, bad communication, competitive workplace, greed

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