CDM Smith reviews

4.1

84% would recommend to a friend

(930 total reviews)
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Timothy B. Wall

93% approve of CEO

82% positive business outlook

CDM Smith has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 930 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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930 reviews
4.0
Dec 7, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

This is a follow-up to a prior review that I wrote about the time of a number of management and organizational changes. It took about 3 or 4 years, but the future is looking very bright and a lot of the rough spots are starting to smooth out. Pros include: work-life balance, challenging projects, great co-workers, broad portfolio of opportunities, top-notch QA/QC process, and a major attempt by management to open up career options for as many as possible. I feel like there has been a real conscious shift to understand what motivates people of all types. One other thing: they have undertaken a number of difficult change initiatives in IT, HR and business unit operations and have really stuck with them, and continuing to try to improve on them based on employee input. This seems much better than other places I have worked.

Cons

Still a few long-term senior managers hanging on to jobs they should consider passing to younger folk. Disconnect between actual profit and utilization as a proxy for profit creates conflict at times.

2.0
Nov 28, 2016

Not the best

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Large COmpany with some opportunities for unique work

Cons

Management is purely profit driven

3.0
Nov 18, 2016

Marketing Department

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great pay with good benefits. Most of the firm's staff are great to work with, especially the Project Managers. Remote working.

Cons

Animosity amongst marketing staff due to management changes. No appreciation for hard work by the marketing staff. Favoritism plays big part in meaningful assignments. Minimal raises (2-3%).

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