Great people and opportunity with this company - Anonymous employee CDM Smith Employee Review

5.0
Jul 13, 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The people at CDM Smith are what make working there enjoyable. Across the firm the relationships I've built create a sense of community and collaboration to further our careers and passion for Water. There are offices around the world offering opportunities to transfer and live in interesting places. I have often seen folks pave their own path in the company focusing on the work they love.

Cons

The work place management can get political at times. Cubical space is the open floor concept. As a matrix organization, the communications can get siloed between sales and technical.

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Pros

Lots of training and opportunities

Cons

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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
Jun 18, 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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