Is ERM a good company to work for?

ERM has an overall rating of 3.5 out of 5, based on over 2,378 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 4% over the last 12 months. 60% of employees would recommend working at ERM to a friend and 46% 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?

60% of ERM employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated ERM 3.4 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at ERM?

Consultant (328) , Senior Consultant (175) , Principal Consultant (95) , Managing Consultant (68) , Partner (66) , Environmental Consultant (55) , Associate Consultant (47) , 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 81 reviews)); "Good benefits and job flexibility" ((in 71 reviews)); "Great opportunities to get involved in various projects that would allow you to keep learning and grow professionally." ((in 60 reviews))

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

"Pay is low and progression slow" ((in 131 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 81 reviews)); "There is no work/life balance (well there is but its highly skewed to work)" ((in 67 reviews)); "Poor leadership and management Expect to have high billable hours and sales volumes Inadequate onboarding Workload distribution is arbitrary" ((in 37 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 are the top reviewed ERM locations?

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ERM reviews

3.5

60% would recommend to a friend

(1,925 total reviews)

Sabine Hoefnagel

65% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

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ERM has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 1,925 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

Nov 7, 2025

Decent Benefits, poor PTO policy, mediocre pay

Senior consultant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits are okay, nothing extraordinary, but not bad either. Flexible hours which is nice.

Cons

Terrible PTO policy. They don’t offer much compared to competitors and this year and continuing onward they began to require you to use four days of PTO between Christmas and New Years. So to reiterate, they don’t offer competitive amounts, and you don’t get to choose when to use it. Pay is mediocre, pretty middle of the road compared to competitors. Bonus structure is confusing and very non-transparent.

1.0

Sep 18, 2025

Unreliable, would not work here

Associate consultant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- A good place to learn new skills - Good for networking

Cons

- They will discard you like nothing and with 0 notice. - Metrics are the only thing that matters here and work is not evenly distributed. Everyone is not given a fair chance to succeed.

1.0

Sep 11, 2025

Why the layoffs

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Fortune 500.clients Extremely skilled people technically- they do so well when leave ERM - look at competition practices Layoffs based on favoritism and not actual performance (look at employees dashboard - hope it's not deleted and restricted after this)

Cons

Leaders let go abruptly- Decarbonization and carbon compass methodolgy lead, Nature and Water lead, no afro American client facing partner globally in 8000+ staff Staff fired at will, clients told abruptly teams have changed Keeps retaining folks close to North America CEO in operations roles - need 2 director of operations for a role that was managed by 1 person, area managers, BUMP, revenue mgmt, msa, random mgmt, pod mgmt - all ops tiles. Retaliation, no collective bargaining allowed- only talks about sustainability. Read the last 20 reviews, surprised the ranking is so high

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