Overall, good - Anonymous employee CDM Smith Employee Review

4.0
4 Feb 2012
Anonymous employee
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Pros

- There is a great knowledge base to draw from - company experts are top notch. - Diverse clientele / projects - while working in the delivery division, one is exposed to industrial, federal, and state government projects. - There is good support from resource management for professional development and personal needs.

Cons

As a scientist, I sometimes feel marginalized - internal communications often focus on engineers and rarely mention the achievements of scientific staff. There also seems to be a disconnect between headquarters and the rest of the company (business cards without job titles for staff regularly working in the field - come on!).

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5.0
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Pros

Lots of training and opportunities

Cons

Company structure can be confusing

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Thank you for taking the time to leave us a 5-star review! It was great to have you as an employee and wish you all the best in your future endeavors.
2.0
18 Jun 2026
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Pros

Flexible hybrid schedule is very nice and starting salary is high for early career engineers.

Cons

The main people running the company are not engineers and you can tell. They are all focused on utilization with rates often set at 97% or higher. This had led to my supervisor asking/telling me to not charge company required trainings. As an early engineer it really feels like they don't want to invest in me and only care about their bottom line. If you are an early career structural engineer you will also not get any meaningful work until you've been with the company for at least 5 years. The senior engineers do not trust you and will only give you grunt work.

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