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
1.0
Apr 27, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

There are very little pros. They underpay their employees

Cons

The marketing team is racist and sexist. They constantly bring up peoples immutable characteristics as reasons to not highlight the work they did in order to give an impression they are trying to be more diverse. Their executives are 90 percent white men, the group itself is 90 percent white and they constantly put others down for things they cant change. I recommend not working here

1.0
Jul 28, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Was fun working downtown for a little while. The building gym was nice...

Cons

No value to employees - corporate initiatives take priority over raises and acknowledgement, leading to high turnover. The company may draw in a lot of young talent because the name is well known to be a good company. However, there is no career path here. Managers do not give you work, do not help you learn, it's almost impossible to get on projects, you get thrown off projects without notice, the list goes on. This company also loves to say they are huge supporters of Engineers Without Borders, but no one in the office (110+ people) has any interest in volunteering. Managers in the office have removed me from their projects because I took an EWB-related call during lunch, and they left me a terrible review during the appraisal period 6 months later, saying I prioritized EWB over their project. The manager couldn't just have approached me, that they had to express that in my review instead? Also, out of 110+ people, there were only like 5-7 minorities. When layoffs came around, 4 of those minorities got cut while about 3-5 white women were hired. Cannot help but wonder certain motivations here. Cons everywhere, need I continue?

2.0
Aug 31, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great benefits (health insurance, dental, retirement matching, etc.), nice coworkers, great client (state). Embedded staff: Possible to be paid for 40 hours a week and have only 3 hours of work to do for client.

Cons

Doesn't feel like a nationally sized company, business units are geographically segregated. Internal collaboration across business units is difficult or impossible due to internal corporate bureaucracy. Over-emphasis on UT to the detriment of professional development and networking. Embedded staff=stuck on one project forever. Everyone who's been in an embedded staff (state) position has had to quit to find better or more challenging work. Possible to be paid for 40 hours a week and have only 3 hours of work to do for client.

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