Valuable Experience - Anonymous employee Exponent Employee Review

2.0
Jan 10, 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

People. Some of the smartest people to call colleagues. Engaging projects where our clients trust our technical judgement. You are provided an incredible amount of latitude to define your career.

Cons

People. The nature of the business of consulting means that all your coworkers, especially in your practice (department), are also your biggest competitors. You can't really trust the people you work with or those managing you since everyone is trying to maximize their own personal profit. Think of it as a zero sum game, someone else's success takes away from yours - or so the thinking goes. If you know that's what you're getting into and believe that's a situation you'll thrive in, power to you. I personally did not enjoy this environment of never really having coworkers that I could trust. As other reviewers have mentioned, your holidays, vacations, and sick leave all count against you when metrics are generated to compare you against your peers. Even using working hours, to do company required trainings, counts against your profitability metrics. The firm only wants you to do billable work during company time and everything else, on your own time if possible.

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Exponent Response
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The nature of consulting is not a zero sum game. The goal is for each consultant to develop their own niche and to grow the overall business. There are many paths to career development at Exponent and tremendous opportunity to better meet the needs of existing and new clients. You are encouraged to pursue development activities such as speaking at conferences, professional licenses and certifications, key trainings to help you develop your skills as a consultant, and more, as they align with your project work and development goals. Collaboration with colleagues across the firm is encouraged and essential to individual success. Exponent recognizes that recreational time and other time away from the work environment can benefit employee health and morale, and employees are encouraged to take vacation as it is accrued. We value the whole consultant. During our performance review process, we provide positive and constructive feedback in three categories: Professional, Business/Client and Teamwork/Leadership. Performance in all of these categories is essential to promotion.

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