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      CDM Smith

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      4.1

      88% would recommend to a friend

      (930 total reviews)
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      Timothy B. Wall

      98% approve of CEO

      85% positive business outlook

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      4.2

      Culture & values

      4.2

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.1

      Work/Life balance

      4.1

      Career opportunities

      3.8

      Compensation and benefits

      3.7

      Senior management

      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
      Mar 8, 2015

      Good company, with room for improvement

      Structural engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The company is large enough that you are able to work on some large projects, but still small enough to work on small studies. The project work is interesting and IF you know where to look, there is a good variety of work. The pay is slightly above average and the benefits are great. There are some really good people working for the company who will help you grow as an engineer and will bring you into a solid project team. The company does a great job of sharing work between regions. The work environment in the smaller offices is much better when compared to the larger offices (HQ in Boston and Dallas).

      Cons

      The company's focus on utilization and project profitability cuts in to work life balance and has damaged client relationships. The project management career path is currently non existent, however a new program has just been launched, so there is hope that this will improve. The company has a sometimes favors water treatment and water resources engineers over other disciplines when it comes to being project managers. The company needs to do a better job in identifying good or poor performing employees. The company is large enough for rats to be able to hide, who do nothing but waste budget and throw people under the bus when something goes wrong. Training and career development counts against your utilization.

      1.0
      Mar 5, 2015

      Short sighted company focused too much on utilization.

      Project manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The benefits are good and premiums are in par with industry standards.

      Cons

      The company focused too much on utilization and not enough on internal growth. Many talks by the executive level on the need to provide internal growth, but employees are laid off as their project end. New personnel is being hired for new projects leaving existing employees to fend for themselves.

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