A company that cares more about bottom line than their employees - Anonymous employee Protiviti Employee Review

- During the interview process I was told I'd be doing work that mirrored my previous experience as a cyber intelligence analyst. When I was finally placed, my job was to write security policies and standards for a bank. I had zero experience in writing security policy and standards. - Once it became clear that I had no experience doing the work I was assigned, I received negligible guidance or support in my new role. The only form of instruction I received came in the form of criticism. I understand than an under-performing employee can be frustrating for a manager. However, I found it very disheartening to be repeatedly berated for doing a poor job that I felt had been misrepresented to me during the hiring process. - The culture of Protiviti is somewhat of a misnomer. Since it is a consulting firm, you are unlikely to have consistent contact with your colleagues for more than a few weeks or months at a time. It's a regular joke among employees to say that you never see the same person twice. There is no real way to maintain a corporate culture if your employees do not interact. - On that note, Protiviti personnel are fond of repeating the numerous awards that the company has received. However, many of those awards are only judged by other members of the consulting community, such as awards given by "Consulting Magazine." It is a poorly kept secret that their retention rate among experienced hires is abysmal, and they have devoted considerable internal resources and personnel to identifying the problems that plague their more experienced employees. The company seems to have a well-established habit of singing their own praises, however misleading those praises may be, while at the same time sweeping any weaknesses they have under a rug of corporate double-speak. - Two last notes. After resigning, I was instructed to pay back my sign-on bonus a pro-rated amount. When I sent in the check the first time, it was lost somewhere by their HR team. Several days later, and about three weeks after I had resigned, I received a LinkedIn message from an internal Protiviti recruiter. The message said that my profile looked like I could be a valuable member of their team, and asked if I had time for a quick informational call. Not only was it confusing, as I had quit less than a month before, the message was sent by a woman with whom I had communicated extensively during my onboarding process. All in all, I found my brief experience at Protiviti to be a disheartening one that highlighted some of the worst aspects of corporate life. They are an accounting firm at heart, and they place very little value on the well-being of their employees.