Company has lost its way - Anonymous employee CDM Smith Employee Review

2.0
Mar 16, 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Opportunities to work on a wide variety of projects. Recent merger with Wilbur Smith should increase opportunities. Decent wage and benefits.

Cons

Company is too focused on revenue growth and is working towards that goal at the expense of providing good client service, producing quality deliverables and keeping employees happy. Too many slackers in this organization (who will probably get promoted before you). If you are doing a good job (or a crappy) job, don't expect to get rewarded (or punished). A pat on the back (or slap on the hand) at review time is about all the feedback you'll get with this company. Moral at this company (at least my office) was horrible.

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CDM Smith Response
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Thank you for taking the time to leave us a 5-star review! It was great to have you as an employee and wish you all the best in your future endeavors.
3.0
May 8, 2026
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Pros

Great place to work. Flexibility, work from home options available. Tons of opportunities across multiple disciplines. Work life balance is great. The people are awesome.

Cons

Pay is unfortunately on the really low end of the industry. A lot of turnover because people leave in order to get a better salary due to the low pay. I also don’t like that your manager (RTL) is also a manager for 20-30 people, and you are all under one large group instead of various teams. The matrix system is a bit odd to me.

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CDM Smith Response
1w
Thank you for taking the time to write your review. We appreciate your feedback and will keep it in mind when making future decisions to keep us as a top-choice employer. We are thrilled to hear that you liked working with us and valued the flexibility we offer. We too agree, the people are awesome!!
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