Employee beware - werkgeversreview Senior Associate bij Exponent

2,0
18 apr 2009
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Goedkeuring directeur
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Pluspunten

Exposure to more variety of technical problems than you could possibly imagine

Minpunten

You are essentially responsible for finding your own internal work. You will only be fed for so long. After that grace period you will be scrutinzed weekly and your UT evaluated. Typical targte is 80+% but given that vacation and sick count against you, by working 40h week at 100% the maximum UT you can achieve is 90%. What does this tell you about work life balance? Expect the tiniest infractions to be blown out of all proportion at review time. Do not expect to be told what is really required of you to advance - they will not be upfront about. Senior staf are expected to bring in $150+k of business, promotion to manager requires $500+k, senior manager $750k-1M and Principal $1M.

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5,0
17 mrt 2026
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Pluspunten

Good benefits and great culture

Minpunten

Inconsistent workload but partly due to the nature of the business

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2,0
14 mei 2026
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Pluspunten

Diverse work, intelligent and ambitious colleagues, above average compensation package for newly minted PhDs. Giving 2 stars simply because of these perks.

Minpunten

Extremely poor work/life balance, high pressure on billable hours/utilization, cutthroat/burn-and-churn culture, weak management, poor mentorship opportunities (didn't feel inspired by many leaders), sink-or-swim onboarding (I think this has changed a little since I left), ton of gatekeeping around promotions, and worst of all.... there's very little humanity present in the culture. Almost everyone I knew didn't fundamentally feel as if their office, practice, and/or manager cared about them as a human. Bad managers get promoted so long as they're revenue generating. I would not recommend this company to be a person's first choice.

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