Good Company to Cement Yourself - Anonymous employee CDM Smith Employee Review

3.0
9 Feb 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

They're doing good work and have a solid strategy for growth and development. Great location in downtown Boston. Incredible Holiday parties at top of line Boston facilities. Many of the employees have been there for decades.

Cons

The company operates in a very militaristic chain of command and that stifles creativity and collaboration. It will take a very long time to move up so if you're young and trying to increase your title and pay regularly you may be disappointed. For the Boston area, they are under market rate for compensation.

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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
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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