Best employee experience and collaborative work environment - Senior Vice President CDM Smith Employee Review

5.0
Dec 5, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Co-workers are smart, friendly and easy to work with. The fact that this is an employee-owned business (and intends to stay that way) allows for greater collaboration to find solutions. I've worked in publicly-traded companies most of my career and there is truly a positive difference in working at an organization that doesn't have to meet stock market expectations. The leadership team is intelligent, engaging and exhibits a strong desire to make the employees here successful. In my experience, if an employee reports a problem in good faith using one of many avenues available to her or him, the matter is resolved. The management team is very transparent and not afraid to challenge the organization to do better.

Cons

I haven't found anything significant. I've worked at a number of companies over the last 25 years and you learn that the "grass is not greener" on the other side. So there's always going to be something people will complaint about; but this has turned out to be one of the best companies I've ever worked for.

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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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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
Recommend
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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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