ERM reviews

3.5

62% would recommend to a friend

(1,921 total reviews)
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69% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

ERM has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 1,921 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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2.0
Nov 17, 2025

No job security here

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Pros

The company is a good place to expand your professional skills and get to travel.

Cons

When I was brought on I was promised a robust training program. That never happened. I was tasked with many small projects and constantly had to fight for billable hours. They didn't care about the quality of my work just the BU numbers are would publicly shame you in front of your coworkers if your numbers were low. They didn't have enough work to go around but blamed the employees for not trying hard enough. They are constantly letting quality people go. Anyway, I thought things were good until they weren't and improved my numbers only to have several projects delayed through no fault of my own. So even if you try your best it doesn't matter because you're not actually a person to them... you're just a body. Also if you don't participate in their culture then you are purposely left out of projects or important company news. Definitely not a place to think about a long term career.

3.0
Nov 14, 2025

Not bad

Recommend
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Pros

Flexible working hours and friendly working environment

Cons

Unreasonable kpi which may let employees less motivated at work

2.0
Nov 12, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

You will likely have friendly and able colleagues

Cons

- ERM typically hires new staff to roles below their skills and experience level, so undervalues consultants from the off. - There is a myopic focus on 'useful billability' (UB), ie consultant time spent on client projects, with little attention given to any other performance indicator. As a result, you can be capable and doing high quality work but when there is no project to do, you will score badly and your progress and promotion will be impeded. This leads to a hunger games situation where consultants scavenge for projects, and need to become favourites of partners and project managers to be prioritised. This often leads to misallocation of consultants (eg. on projects where they have no expertise or experience) and negative project outcomes.

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