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      CDM Smith

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      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

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      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
      Sep 26, 2014

      Getting better

      Engineer
      Recommend
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      Pros

      The company is trying to address many concerns from employees. For example, getting employees organized in a better way. The management is taking concrete steps to reduce spending wastes and improve the bottom line. People in the company are generally friendly.

      Cons

      A disconnection between the goal setting and actual market position exists. Employees have no actual control of their workload and the market condition, yet, are under the pressure from the goals set by remote management people.

      3.0
      Aug 8, 2014

      Great coworkers, good salary, but limited options to improve skills

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Salary was good, and overtime was paid (as long as projects had budget), but the people is what made CDM enjoyable. Some of the nicest and smartest people seem to work at CDM. Many staff member's have their master's degree which leads to the office feeling very "academic".

      Cons

      If you are not a civil or electrical engineer the design process can be quite frustrating. Most of the project managers are civil engineers who do not fully understand how a building is built leading to quite a bit of redesign, even late into CDs. The projects typically felt very small, at least for the AES staff. Additionally as CDM Smith is a very large company change is difficult to acheive - most notably in the use of outdated software programs.

      4.0
      Jul 18, 2014

      Great place to work

      Environmental engineer iii
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good people, many opportunities to grow and develop

      Cons

      Large company so some processes go slowly and upper management can be tough to reach at times

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