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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
      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 Additionally as CDM Smith is a very large company change is difficult to acheive - most notably in the use of outdated software programs.

      5.0
      Jul 30, 2014

      Wonderful place to work!

      Information management software developer ii
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      The benefits are great! I've only had to work overtime a few times. The schedule is flexible. People in the office have your back! They give good raises every year! I believe the newly started mentoring program will be beneficial.

      Cons

      Sometimes you have to do what is needed instead of what you would like to do. Not very much training, you pretty much have to figure new things out on your own.

      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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