Good work life balance. Unbalanced pay scale - Anonymous employee CDM Smith Employee Review

3.0
4 Apr 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

CDM Smith allows you to work remotely on a fairly consistent basis. Behind the times with their software but are working to solve that problem over the next 1-2 years.

Cons

CDM does not keep up with market salary rates for employees. It is for this reason that I am currently seeking employment elsewhere. They also don't provide bonuses and have an overly complicated and time consuming performance review process.

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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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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
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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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