Powerlessness and the Stockholm syndrome - Manager bei Exponent: Mitarbeiterbewertung

2,0
1. Nov. 2021
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Pros

Intelligent colleagues from privileged backgrounds, dominant brand and size.

Kontras

Hubris and elitism. A select few are groomed because of their "consulting skills" (read: those who look and speak like attorneys), not necessarily their technical acumen (flunked qualifiers, terrible writing and interpersonal skills be damned - you might even make VP). If you are not picked early to be part of the A group in a large office - your chances of success are slim to none. You are more powerless than you realize. Your dreams, aspirations, contributions, mental wellbeing, morale, sincerity and enthusiasm have shrunk to a single row in a spreadsheet that management uses to divine "the story behind the numbers". For a company that preaches the scientific method, employee assessments are based, not on personal knowledge through direct interaction and observations (no time for that when one is killing himself/herself for a bonus with a near 100% UT), but the word of a dominant anointed oracle or two. Speaking up about this just makes management mad and retaliate. I chose the only path I had remaining - to leave. Ask - why is a company headquartered in a place as diverse as the San Francisco Bay area for over half a century - so predominantly white and male? (Currently there is a scramble to promote white women - so you may be in luck).

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5,0
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Pros

Good benefits and great culture

Kontras

Inconsistent workload but partly due to the nature of the business

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2,0
14. Mai 2026
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Pros

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

Kontras

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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