Overall good company to work for - Senior Marketing Writer/Editor CDM Smith Employee Review

4.0
Dec 8, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Strong encouragement of a healthy work/life balance and resources to do so. Good benefits. Good corporate communication. Fun work environment.

Cons

No paid new-parent leave. Different employment levels either mean you can charge overtime but no bonuses or vice versa.

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5.0
Jul 12, 2026
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Pros

its a very good company

Cons

i dint see any cons there

2.0
Jun 18, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Flexible hybrid schedule is very nice and starting salary is high for early career engineers.

Cons

The main people running the company are not engineers and you can tell. They are all focused on utilization with rates often set at 97% or higher. This had led to my supervisor asking/telling me to not charge company required trainings. As an early engineer it really feels like they don't want to invest in me and only care about their bottom line. If you are an early career structural engineer you will also not get any meaningful work until you've been with the company for at least 5 years. The senior engineers do not trust you and will only give you grunt work.

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