Little work, little direction or patience during training - Anonymous employee Exponent Employee Review

1.0
Jan 17, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good work-life balance Centrally located in a busy area of DC

Cons

I hardly had any work the first seven months I worked here. Apparently they had hired me without really having any work prepared for me to do. This is a problem because of billing so I tried to cover myself by asking for billable and non-billable work all the time so they were amply aware of this. 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. They encourage you to ask questions but then act irritated when you do. There was one very unprofessional colleague though the rest were fine, but in such a small office and group (10 people) that really affects morale.

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