Great Internship. Good place to start. - Consultant Protiviti Employee Review

4.0
Feb 3, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

The people are great to work with and I've made a lot of friends throughout the process The work life balance is key compared to other competitors in which you are much more highly overworked, pending the client you are engaged on of course. The time off is reasonable and realistic as the work allows it to be. This is a great place to start as the compensation is comparable to other competitors such as big four internal auditing firms.

Cons

You have to love internal audit work to appreciate the day to day work you will be under. The over-hiring does lead to benched players and in a competitive economic environment, there should be a higher push towards minimizing costs.

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5.0
Jun 16, 2026
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Pros

The WLB, people, and projects

Cons

The salary is below that of most other consulting firms

3.0
Mar 29, 2026
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Recommend
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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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