Directionless - Senior Project Manager CDM Smith Employee Review

1.0
20 Nov 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits. Thats it.

Cons

Too many to list! Very few project opportunities - they have decided to focus on only the mega-projects, so for a given office there may be only 1 or 2 projects in the works, which makes career advancement nearly impossible. The company president only cares about the numbers - he has zero appreciation of the people - and beats a tired drum 'that the company isn't making enough money'. Mind you they've had record revenue years 3 out of the past 4, but no revenue or profit sharing with employees. They are rolling out new software initiatives every couple of months without care that the company staff aren't able to keep up. Everyone has impossible utilization goals. They are shrinking every office across the company and forcing staff with 30 years of experience to sit in call-center cubicle arrangements.

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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
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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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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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