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      CDM Smith

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      CDM Smith reviews

      4.1

      84% would recommend to a friend

      (932 total reviews)
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      Timothy B. Wall

      93% approve of CEO

      82% positive business outlook

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      4.2

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.1

      Culture & values

      4.1

      Career opportunities

      4.0

      Work/Life balance

      3.8

      Compensation and benefits

      3.6

      Senior management

      CDM Smith has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 932 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The CDM Smith employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.6 stars).

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      932 reviews
      2.0
      Jun 18, 2026

      Flexible schedule and high pay, but little trust from seniors

      Structural engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      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.

      3.0
      May 21, 2026

      Flexible work culture, but lacks strong vision

      Client service leader
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Flexible work and staff centric culture

      Cons

      Lack of leadership and strategic vision

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      CDM Smith Response
      1mo
      We appreciate you giving us your feedback and are thrilled to hear you value the flexible work options and staff/culture. Thank you for being a part of our CDM Smith team!
      3.0
      May 8, 2026

      Great workplace with flexibility, but pay is low

      Water resources engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great place to work. Flexibility, work from home options available. Tons of opportunities across multiple disciplines. Work life balance is great. The people are awesome.

      Cons

      Pay is unfortunately on the really low end of the industry. A lot of turnover because people leave in order to get a better salary due to the low pay. I also don’t like that your manager (RTL) is also a manager for 20-30 people, and you are all under one large group instead of various teams. The matrix system is a bit odd to me.

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      CDM Smith Response
      1mo
      Thank you for taking the time to write your review. We appreciate your feedback and will keep it in mind when making future decisions to keep us as a top-choice employer. We are thrilled to hear that you liked working with us and valued the flexibility we offer. We too agree, the people are awesome!!
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