can offer job security, stable income, and benefits like health insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off.
Being associated with a well-known company can enhance your professional reputation and increase your visibility within your industry
skill development, promotions, and mentorship, which can help employees grow both professionally and personally
Cons
often have complex structures with many layers of management, which can slow down decision-making, lead to inefficiencies, or cause employees to feel disconnected from the larger goals of the company
CDM Smith Response
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Thank you for your feedback! We're pleased to hear that you appreciate all of the offerings at CDM Smith. We're also happy that being part of a well-known company has positively impacted your professional reputation; we take pride in being a top-choice employer!
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.