Pros
ERM has (or at least had) a lot of good people working for them. They make a lot of promises and, at first, the company culture appears really exciting - a variety of projects, travel opportunities, good professional challenges. However, ERM is a master at 'bait and switch" - what they tell when offering a job is much different from reality.
Cons
ERM encourages employees to develop new service offerings, but this is above the required sales and billability metrics. In order to be successful, you must work 50+ hours per week. Just because your resume is used to win a contract, doesn't mean you will actually get to work on it, even if you wrote the proposal. ERM will switch your hours that were included in the proposal with lower cost employees to increase company profits. Also, what ERM promises a client is not necessarily what the client will receive; ERM believes that they should give the client what ERM believes the client needs instead of what the client asks for. As a result, additional contracts are 'lost' when clients, even 'key' clients, realize that they were not given what they were promised. . Partners can change the sales credits to favor 'their' teams and keep their own groups' numbers good even if the credits do not reflect the amount of each person's contribution to winning a contract. Partner's also fight over contracts, stealing the best ones, when given a change. NO pretense of teamwork. The motto 'One world, One Company' is total malarkey. The motto should be everyone for themselves, watch your back, and don't worry about integrity. Integrity won't pay the bills!