Protiviti reviews

3.7

72% would recommend to a friend

(4,199 total reviews)
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Joseph A. Tarantino

82% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Protiviti has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 4,199 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Protiviti employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.6 stars).

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4K reviews
1.0
Apr 11, 2017

Stay Clear of Protiviti

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The company is growing, albeit at a slower pace than expected, and the work was very easy to do.

Cons

There were many downsides. The company operates unprofessionally, pay is below the industry, and the company tries to consider its work "consulting" when it really isn't even professional audit work. The job entails testing controls, which a monkey could do. Stay clear if possible. Trust me.

2.0
Apr 16, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Wearing a lot of "hats" really accelerates learning a lot of different skills rapidly. The company overall tries to be very light-hearted and fun as much as possible to brighten up what would otherwise be a very dull industry.

Cons

Starting from the top, they lied to me in my interviews. They claimed working from home, flexible schedules, pro-parent culture, moderate workload, etc. I was told that I could earn working from home privileges over time, then I was told that I could only have 1 work from home day a month, no matter the circumstance (and they wanted to take that away too, saying my position didn't qualify for it... the only position in the whole company that didn't). My ENTIRE team could take as many work from home days they wanted (even though I was the only parent). One even claimed she needed to work from home because her dog missed her too much and it was granted. Proving that if you're an EA, they will imply that your children's needs are less than that of a dog. The workload was terrible. I was checking emails all night every night. No one cross-communicated, so executives would give me last minute work all the time and not even know or care that I was working on other urgent requests where everyone claimed the priority was the highest. Executives also were terrible at responding to emails or messages, so it made it frustrating and nearly impossible to complete the urgent requests where I needed additional information. The benefits are pretty terrible, especially if you're providing benefits for your family. Low coverage, high deductibles... bare minimum. The emergency childcare benefit they offer is fairly useless as the few times I tried to use it, there was zero availability and they told me that I actually needed to book a month in advance. They really don't appreciate EAs at all and have the minimum respect for Operations in general. Definitely do not recommend. Ignore the "best places to work" nonsense. They make it a requirement in their onboarding process for people to leave reviews immediately after starting with the company... and who would leave a negative review when you just joined a new company?

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Protiviti Response
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Thank you for your feedback. I am sorry to hear that the position did not meet your expectations. Your concerns have been communicated to our leadership and HR team, and they hear them and take them to heart. We wish you the very best!
3.0
Jan 18, 2016

Transition job

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

-Good job for if you are in the job market and have nothing lined up due to relocation, fresh grad, being out of work etc. They are always short on staff (see why in cons) -For the most part the job is not very demanding of skills or personal time - Pay is market rate for a accounting type firm with higher bonuses than other firms. -Some offices have a good clients

Cons

- The job has no learning curve. You are not adding any skill sets if you are doing SOX - The leadership is mediocre and not very inspiring - A lot of the clients in smaller offices are unknown - A lot of office politics, seems who likes you is more important than your skills. - No career development, it's basically get the work done and go home, repeat again the next day doing the same exact thing. The difference in type of work done by staff vs managers isn't that big. - Limit your exit options to internal audit if you are in that group. -Clients I've worked with did not respect the "consultants" from protiviti, which means they probably don't respect the company.

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