Great Company - Inspector CDM Smith Employee Review

5.0
Feb 16, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Management, Career Opportunities, Corporate Culture

Cons

I can not think of any cons

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5.0
Jul 10, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good projects and colleagues to work with.

Cons

Nothing major or alarming to mention.

2.0
Jun 18, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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