Undelivered Promises - Anonymous employee Protiviti Employee Review

2.0
Oct 4, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The greatest thing Protiviti has going for them are its people and culture. However, lately, management is sacrificing what makes Protiviti's culture unique to satisfy its clients. If it wasn't for the amazing people here, most people would be out the door.

Cons

Protiviti has serious trouble delivering on their promises. The new consultants were promised real consulting work, opportunity to travel, client exposure, and industry experience. Instead they have been consistently on production based projects that are mind-numbing, offer little to no learning experience, and do not offer any client exposure. In addition, management's role on the production projects has been very poor. The skill sets needed to run these large engagements has not been demonstrated by the current management. Lastly, if the consultants are being asked to sacrifice their work life balance for these production engagements, it would only be fair to compensate them for their hard work.

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5.0
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Pros

Good WLB Great Bosses Health insurance & benefits are awesome Very flexible workforce Easy to climb up in promotions

Cons

Pay is below standard (Although I feel you still get paid decently for the area) If you're put on a production project, be ready to feel stuck. Management is very lost on where they want to head into the future. I am worried this company won't last much longer (Former arthur anderson) Can feel clique-y at times amongst peers (but this is not a problem of the company specifically)

3.0
Mar 29, 2026
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Pros

1) Chicago office has a good culture, overall. It’s not perfect but most of the people are great. 2) Work-life balance score has been solid (about 5+ years of insights here) 3) Although it was not great this year, Incentive compensation has overall been pretty good over the course of 5+ years. Much better than big 4 in my experience.

Cons

1) Since 2023, the culture hasn’t been great for a variety of reasons (mainly due to sluggish performance and growing too fast) 2) It feels more like a temporary staffing agency versus a consulting firm for a lot of the time. 3) There has been an awkward push for a return to the office and more business development focus that is in stark contrast to what most Protiviti people value. 4) Most people I talk to say they are not motivated by most of the MDs they interact with (this is significant in my opinion).

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