Great Consultants, terrible management - Senior Consultant Protiviti Employee Review

3.0
Mar 26, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Other consultant/senior/manager level people are great to work with Lots of company sponsored social events (in Chicago office, not as much elsewhere) Drinking culture (pro or con based on your personal disposition...)

Cons

The project management level (Senior Managers/Directors) are mostly clueless on how do effectively run a project since most of them come from industry. In addition all the good lower level people leave before they hit that level so only people left are the less competent people who are nervous about getting fired and therefore not helpful in reaching down to the lower ranks and helping you progress.

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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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