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May 1, 2013
Anonymous employee
Current employee, more than 5 years
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
There are no longer any good reasons to work for CDM Smith.
Cons
total focus on billability and utilization instead of trying to win more work or distribute regional work to keep people employed. The merger with Wilbur Smith, the fracture of the western region into areas that include geographically dissimilar states, complete lack of career paths, and total emphasis on the bottom line has alienated employees and clients. Office moral is at an all time low. Layoffs have created a snowball effect, where everyone else is leaving or looking to leave. A vibrant office environment of dedicated professionals doing create community work has been decimated.
