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      ERM

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      ERM reviews

      3.5

      62% would recommend to a friend

      (1,917 total reviews)
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      Sabine Hoefnagel

      67% approve of CEO

      48% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.9

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.5

      Culture & values

      3.4

      Work/Life balance

      3.4

      Career opportunities

      3.1

      Senior management

      3.1

      Compensation and benefits

      ERM has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 1,917 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The ERM employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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      2K reviews
      2.0
      Jul 23, 2014

      Working in sustainability proves unsustainable

      Staff environmental engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - One of the more accommodating companies I've worked for with regards to working remotely. - Office building is in a super convenient location for public transit, and an unlimited Orca (public transit) card is provided. - Colleagues are hard-working and smart.

      Cons

      - In order to meet your "billability goals" (huge in consulting) you'll be working unpaid overtime. (Potentially lots of it) - Sick time counts against you. While it's part of a benefits package, in order to meet your billability goal, you'll have to make that time up with, you guessed it, unpaid overtime. - There's little or no incentive to working efficiently, you'll still have to find work to fill those hours. (Even though it's a salaried position, every time card must have 40 hours or more on it.) - Even those at the lower levels (CL1, CL2, CL3) who receive bonuses, it's nowhere near compensating for the unpaid overtime spent. - Wages are not competitive. The salary I receive is not commensurate with the cost of living in this city. Seattle just passed a $15/hr minimum wage, which, after the unpaid overtime, tracks closely to (and some weeks is greater than) what I take home.

      1.0
      Mar 9, 2013

      Not a great company to be in.

      Consultant level i
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Some of the advantages of working at ERM is the ability to gain project experience quickly and add valuable experiences to one's resume.

      Cons

      The main disadvantage in my view is the low compensation ERM offers for the type of work. Projects can be demanding and require specialized knowledge which is simply not being compensated. Work-life balance is hampered by project deadlines and stoked by over-worked partner-level ERMers. ERM also does a poor job tracking its internal talent and is not uncommon to have talented staff unutilized and not being actively match to project internally. That is because ERM still operates as a network of independent offices, rather than ONE company (despite for years they have been trying to instill that culture).

      1.0
      Aug 26, 2025

      Can’t recommend ERM

      Managing consultant
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The employees, especially at the more mid to junior levels, are great to work with. Solid drive to collaborate and work together.

      Cons

      Leadership has forgotten to take care of its people. There is an extreme lack of work for some, while others are so overwhelmed they need to take time away. There is no balance because there is no strategy and direction. There are only words from management. The entire group is paying the price.

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