Pros
Top tier consulting firm. Big projects (occasionally). Good on CV. Global office presence.
Cons
Too many hierarchies, slow to adapt to trends and changes. Not a trend setter, just a follower. Awful hiring process and a very short term strategy. Quantity over quality, and filling in positions as stop gap measures. Within a year, the rate of people leaving is equal to one person leaving every month or so. They will lay off people without notice when there is not much workload, and rehire again when they think they will win the next big thing. More dim witted people in the office than smart ones. Not surprising as these people are cheap and so will not be too costly for ERM to keep. HR staff are very rude and unprofessional, and lack knowledge in hiring process and labour law, resulting in fines and lawsuits. Questionable HR and management quality. Line managers, seniors and partners fear accountability and do not have ownership. Mostly communicate verbally and then deny what they have said. Questionable work quality - short termism, high turnover, poor employee engagement, people more concerned with billable hours than quality and substance. What do you expect? If you are cheap, then pick ERM. Way too much internal politics at the senior management level. Seriously they only care about the bottom line, don’t believe all that crap they been pushing to the public about caring for employees, inclusion and career development. Just another marketing strategy to attract talents because they keep losing actual talents. Benefits- basic, dont expect too much unless you are a partner. Work environment- loud and noisy. They don’t have the sense to debate in meeting rooms.
