Great Culture and Family Feel - Lead Marketing Specialist CDM Smith Employee Review

4.0
24 Oct 2025
Recommend
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Pros

My team is very tight knit and we back each other up when we need assistance. No real drama and that's the way I like it. Great work-life balance. Diversified company with many sectors of federal and state funded work projects.

Cons

Senior sales managers sometimes don't do their jobs to the fullest and this impacts the proposal process. Not much except for a slap on the wrist and then it happens all over again.

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CDM Smith Response
6mo
Thank you for sharing your experience — it’s wonderful to hear that you enjoy a tight-knit, supportive team and a strong work-life balance. We appreciate you highlighting the positive culture and the variety of meaningful projects you get to work on!

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5.0
22 Apr 2026
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Pros

Lots of training and opportunities

Cons

Company structure can be confusing

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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.
2.0
18 June 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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