- Interesting projects
- Opportunities for collaboration with other teams on projects you find interesting
- Great work-life Balance
- Most staff are super respectful
Cons
- Annual increases can be low so negotiate salary in advance
- Workload can be low.
CDM Smith Response
3mo
Thank you for sharing your experience! We're so glad to hear you’ve enjoyed working on interesting projects and collaborating with colleagues across teams. It’s also great to know that the respectful culture and work-life balance have made your experience a positive one. We appreciate having you as part of the CDM Smith team!
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.