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      CDM Smith

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      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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      4.2

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.1

      Culture & values

      4.1

      Work/Life balance

      4.1

      Career opportunities

      3.8

      Compensation and benefits

      3.6

      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
      Jan 12, 2018

      Good Company

      Technical manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good place to grow in the technical arena

      Cons

      needs to pay more attention to people

      3.0
      Nov 1, 2017

      Good Firm but lacks

      Engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Plenty of knowledgeable folks Many challenging projects CDMs' yammer program was good for technical dialogue among engineers Great resources for engineers Mentorship program is a great for young engineers

      Cons

      Pay is not competitive Hardly any opportunities for technical training Employee utilization rates needs an overhaul Regional Team Leaders discourage overhead charges to make their team's utilization rates look good although employees are without billable work. 401k is typical in the industry

      3.0
      Aug 16, 2017

      Gone Downhill

      Staff scientist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Competitive Salaries and multiple locations within the US. Many good people in many offices to work with. It is also difficult to advance if starting as a field staff in the environmental division.

      Cons

      Insane focus on utilization. The pattern seems to be when your UT drops and you charge admin time due to lack of work, you are let go. This is compounded by the extremely poor management style in many offices, especially the Western US, and distribution of work. With recent lawsuit payout for millions for inept work and corruption on several build projects internationally and nationally, CDM personnel have suffered a large round of firings and now suffer a big brother style tally system for projected UT. Also, with the recent firings and 'reorg' as they call it, CDM Smith could be preparing to eliminate their environmental departments all together. All staff to advance and come out of the field.

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