Lack of support for Project Managers and utter disregard of the importance of support staff. As more and more major changes are rolled out by corporate more and more back end administrative tasks are put on to the responsibilities of the PMs, meanwhile CDM Smith continues to roll out massive layoffs of the administrative staff every year. There is little to no opportunity for administrative staff to branch out and further their career. No matter how hard you work or expand your knowledge a promotion, title change, salary increase are rare to impossible for an admin more so the past few years. This leaves many offices either administratively under staffed or with poor admin support staff.
Additionally, on-boarding is poor here. If you are starting here and particularly if you are a less experienced employee be prepared to reach out to others for help and guidance. You will not always know who to contact for help or even finding work so talk to and ask everyone until you build up enough of a network to be provided a steady amount of work.
