Does CH2M pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, CH2M employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.3 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at CH2M. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at CH2M?

58% of CH2M employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated CH2M 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.4 for culture and values and 3.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at CH2M?

Project Manager (50) , Engineer (19) , Senior Project Manager (14) , Process Engineer (12) , Intern (11) , Environmental Engineer (10) , Project Engineer (10) , Senior Engineer (10) , Environmental Scientist (9) , Manager (9) , Project Accountant (9) , Staff Engineer (9) , Civil Engineer (8) , Vice President (7) , Consultant (6)

What are the pros of working at CH2M according to real employee reviews?

"The people were great to work with and helped you grow and realize your potential based on where you wanted to go." ((in 133 reviews)); "Benefits are good and they offer 401K." ((in 80 reviews)); "Good pay and experience for internship" ((in 44 reviews)); "good work life balance if you are in the right group and most groups are great." ((in 42 reviews)); "Great culture and has an outstanting reputation in environmental stewardship." ((in 35 reviews))

What are the cons of working at CH2M according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management above the Manager level within the organization." ((in 71 reviews)); "There is no leadership." ((in 30 reviews)); "Unfortunately bad managers can ruin the good policies and act of their own accord." ((in 29 reviews)); "CH2M upper management cares more about getting new business, then trying to fix a broken system." ((in 26 reviews)); "Senior management is fake with employees and the employees know it." ((in 23 reviews))

What are employees saying about CH2M layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about CH2M layoffs and their outlook for job security at CH2M in 2026.

CH2M reviews

3.3

58% would recommend to a friend

(1,181 total reviews)

Jacqueline Hinman

56% approve of CEO

34% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Diversity & inclusion

3.5

Work/Life balance

3.4

Culture & values

3.3

Compensation and benefits

3.1

Career opportunities

2.7

Senior management

CH2M has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 1,181 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The CH2M employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Servicios de construcción, reparación y mantenimiento industry (3.7 stars).

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1K reviews

5.0

Nov 13, 2013

I love CH2MHILL

Senior project manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

CH2M gives you you all the tools for the Construction Project Manager trade. Have excellent project support people state-side - I worked for them overseas, so it was particularly important for my projects and me. They also take good care of their employees with top notch salary and benefit package.

Cons

CH2M is the "800 pounds gorilla" and have many offices, so sometimes one has got to do a lot of leg-work to find the right decision-making group. They can seem a little cold and impersonal - not for me, but I known others receiving it a little worse.

4.0

Nov 1, 2013

Like that the company is employee-oriented and does cool work

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Employee ownership culture, still has the culture of a mom and pop firm despite its growth and global presence (aversion to RIFs, collaborative culture where everyone gets a say).

Cons

The downside of the culture and strategy is that there is not the same level of profit to support employee development or other non-billable 'perks'. Compensation and benefits are average by design. As with many firms, employees may feel pressure to find their next project on their own until their network is built in the firm.

2.0

Nov 1, 2013

Loved the Corporate Culture, Local Offices Very Different

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I enjoyed the open management, people, and corporate culture, webinars, work sharing across offices, work, great PTO accrual, working remotely, online training opportunities, and flexible schedule. Senior management was very transparent and open to interaction with employees across the firm. Love that it was employee-owned, and excited for the overall company future. They have the potential to attract a lot of talent and great work!

Cons

As reviewers here and other sites have mentioned, the Spartanburg office is very political with a micromanagement culture. The older mindset in Spartanburg does not allow for very many career advancement opportunities, especially for minorities and women. The atmosphere was full of blame, backbiting, and documentation, and everyone works in silos within silos with very little project communication. There were also very little paid training opportunities for direct engineering staff...not treated much differently from contract workers.

CH2M Response

12y

Thank you for taking the time to review CH2M HILL. We appreciate your feedback and will pass it along to Senior Management.

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