Smart colleagues, but poor outlook and poor management - Analyst Exponent Employee Review

2.0
Aug 31, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Brilliant and friendly colleagues, good place to expand if you have the experience and network.

Cons

Managers don't know how to manage, only know how to bring in work. Management isn't invested in the success of lower level staff, since it doesn't help them bring in profits. Poor employee retention and below market salaries. You are pressured into an extremely heavy workload and often asked to work 50+ hours a week, when most managers only work 40.

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Cons

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