Submitting hours every week
Work life balance can be hard
Continuing education is not as high of a priority
Utilization is not always viewed accurately which can impact the employee negatively
CDM Smith Response
2y
Thank you for being a part of our team and your great 4-star review! We think our benefits are great and are glad you agree! We recommend sharing your concerns with your manager or HRBP so they can be addressed.
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.