Construction professionals - head for the hills!!! - Anonymous employee CDM Smith Employee Review

1.0
5 Apr 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Peer support, clean offices, some interesting projects to work on.

Cons

Too political. Weak, invisible leadership who are more concerned with pampering themselves then being innovative to help the firm grow. When was the last time an executive had an innovative idea and followed through on it? Someone should check expense reports, these people drink way too much. Why don't you take that overhead budget spent on so called region meetings and either don't spend to save overhead or give bonuses to the people you deny them too.

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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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