Ambitious engineering company - Anonymous employee CDM Smith Employee Review

5.0
16 Oct 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Employee owned culture, interesting projects, constant positive operational improvements, room for growth, working with some of the industry's best engineers and scientists

Cons

- Can be hard to break into the shareholding, US centric

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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.
3.0
8 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great place to work. Flexibility, work from home options available. Tons of opportunities across multiple disciplines. Work life balance is great. The people are awesome.

Cons

Pay is unfortunately on the really low end of the industry. A lot of turnover because people leave in order to get a better salary due to the low pay. I also don’t like that your manager (RTL) is also a manager for 20-30 people, and you are all under one large group instead of various teams. The matrix system is a bit odd to me.

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CDM Smith Response
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Thank you for taking the time to write your review. We appreciate your feedback and will keep it in mind when making future decisions to keep us as a top-choice employer. We are thrilled to hear that you liked working with us and valued the flexibility we offer. We too agree, the people are awesome!!
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