Sinking Ship - Project Manager CDM Smith Employee Review

1.0
Jun 18, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

if you are an incompetent engineer and laidback person; want to produce nothing & work 30 or less but want to get paid 40hours/week, it is a perfect place for you

Cons

1. No backlogs at all. They will ask you to take your vacations or work reduced hours if you are PM or lower grades. Upper management still gets paid fully. 2. Very large layers of managers consist white American incompetent men with no direction or vision and get paid boat of salary and company stocks. 3. Very small offices with large management without production staff. No chance to win any new projects 4. Racism is the culture in the company and specially in southern offices. They do not respect diversity and foreigners. Women and foreigners do not have any growth positions. Foreigners are treated like sweatshop workers.

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5.0
Apr 22, 2026
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Pros

Lots of training and opportunities

Cons

Company structure can be confusing

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CDM Smith Response
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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.
3.0
May 8, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great place to work. Flexibility, work from home options available. Tons of opportunities across multiple disciplines. Work life balance is great. The people are awesome.

Cons

Pay is unfortunately on the really low end of the industry. A lot of turnover because people leave in order to get a better salary due to the low pay. I also don’t like that your manager (RTL) is also a manager for 20-30 people, and you are all under one large group instead of various teams. The matrix system is a bit odd to me.

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CDM Smith Response
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Thank you for taking the time to write your review. We appreciate your feedback and will keep it in mind when making future decisions to keep us as a top-choice employer. We are thrilled to hear that you liked working with us and valued the flexibility we offer. We too agree, the people are awesome!!
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