As long as you work 40 hours and get your work done, the hours are pretty flexible. Also only 2 days a week in office required is great.
Cons
Heavy workload, although weekend work is not expected which is good. If you are a people pleaser you may have trouble saying no, but if you do say no, people are respectful. Lower pay for industry compared to competitors.
CDM Smith Response
2y
Thank you for your great 4-star review! We are thrilled to have you as part of the team and that you are happy with your work.
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.