Is ERM a good company to work for?

ERM has an overall rating of 3.5 out of 5, based on over 2,368 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 4% over the last 12 months. 62% of employees would recommend working at ERM to a friend and 48% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about ERM have been left by employees working as Consultant I , Scientist and Partner .

Does ERM pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, ERM employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at ERM. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at ERM?

62% of ERM employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated ERM 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at ERM?

Consultant (326) , Senior Consultant (174) , Principal Consultant (95) , Managing Consultant (68) , Partner (65) , Environmental Consultant (54) , Associate Consultant (46) , Project Manager (34) , Intern (31) , Consulting Associate (28) , Analyst (21) , Senior Project Manager (19) , Consultant II (18) , Environmental Scientist (17) , Consulting Senior Associate (15)

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

"The projects I work on are great and the people I work with are also wonderful." ((in 218 reviews)); "Great colleagues and some interesting projects" ((in 84 reviews)); "ERM has great flexibility and culture" ((in 79 reviews)); "Good benefits and family/life balance." ((in 68 reviews)); "Great opportunities to get involved in various projects that would allow you to keep learning and grow professionally." ((in 54 reviews))

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

"Pay is low and progression too slow" ((in 134 reviews)); "Low salary and owned by Private Equity so sole focus is on ROI and keeping baseline costs at a minimum" ((in 107 reviews)); "Poor management and lack of understanding of parts of the business" ((in 83 reviews)); "There is no work/life balance (well there is but its highly skewed to work)" ((in 65 reviews)); "Poor leadership and management Expect to have high billable hours and sales volumes Inadequate onboarding Workload distribution is arbitrary" ((in 34 reviews))

What are employees saying about ERM layoffs in 2026?

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

What ERM locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Hartford , Austin , New York , Malvern , Charlotte , Annapolis , Philadelphia , Sacramento , Chicago

ERM reviews

3.5

62% would recommend to a friend

(1,918 total reviews)

Sabine Hoefnagel

69% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.6

Culture & values

3.5

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 1,918 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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Reviews by job title

2K reviews

1.0

Mar 18, 2019

4 years of ERM

Principal consultant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Interesting projects with some good people.

Cons

Change orders are standard operating procedures. Project multipliers of 4.0 or more are encouraged. Donation of time and effort is expected. Collaboration is a myth and support from administration is minimal. The turn-over is rampant with an annual cleaning out of employees in March.

2.0

Jan 27, 2019

Big corporate company, easy to get lost, poor pay grade

Staff engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible with allowing people to work from home

Cons

Pretty low pay grade, little PTO,

1.0

Jun 27, 2017

Staff Geologist

Staff geologist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The Consultant Level (CL) 1 and 2's that you work with throughout your local office are the best aspect of ERM.

Cons

ERM does not compensate or provide their junior level staff (CL1/ CL2) with an opportunity to grow and advance within the company. As a CL1 or CL2, plan to spend ~90% of your time in the field, especially within the Contaminated Site Management group, performing tasks that require little to zero applicable use of your college degree. As a CL1/CL2 you will be assigned remedial field tasks and seldomly challenged to advance your understanding of technical geologic/ environmental principles. If you do choose to work at ERM, add an additional $7,000 to your asking salary to balance your future over-time workload.

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