It's okay - Transportation Engineer CDM Smith Employee Review

2.0
Jun 28, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

decent work life balance, depending on your management you may have good guidance

Cons

The increases in pay are terrible (1-5% annually) in order to truly make more money there you have to come with a competing job offer and at best they will match it. Do not expect to get any raises with merit.

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CDM Smith Response
2y
Thank you for your review. We are so happy to have you as part of the CDM Smith team. We recommend reaching out to your manager or HRBP to express your concerns.

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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.
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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