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      Exponent

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      Exponent reviews

      3.0

      34% would recommend to a friend

      (360 total reviews)
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      Catherine Corrigan

      30% approve of CEO

      30% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.2

      Compensation and benefits

      3.0

      Career opportunities

      2.7

      Diversity & inclusion

      2.6

      Culture & values

      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
      Aug 9, 2010

      review

      Engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      large company with lots of access to information

      Cons

      work yourself to death. Non work/life balance. Horrible management.

      4.0
      Oct 18, 2008

      Exponent - Business Generation is critical for advancement; exciting fast-paced environment

      Senior managing engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Top notch technical engineers and scientists who are extremely smart and hard-working. High percentage of MS and PhD degrees from top universities. There is a great deal of freedom and flexibility if you are able to generate projects and bring in new business. There is an opportunity to advance rapidly (promotions and compensation) for the most successful who both generate new business and maintain high billable hours and personal utilization/personal revenue.

      Cons

      High pressure and large time committments across all levels of the company. Ability and expertise in managing people among upper management is highly variable (some are fantastic and others are marginal). Most are self-taught with some professional development. Noticed an increasing trend toward "up and out" over the last few years. Also see more tendency for even highly capable new staff to leave after 2-3 years.

      3.0
      May 15, 2026

      Challenging work with long hours and competitive culture

      Senior managing engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Generally challenging projects with strong professionals throughout the company. Company is large enough to truly have strength in many disciplines and strong litigation experience.

      Cons

      Often very long hours. I missed a lot of things with my young children in school. All attempting to move ahead for salary, bonus, advancement. Most Exponent employees are driven, competitive, hard-working. I do not know of any "slackers" at Exponent.

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