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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3.0
Aug 9, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Protiviti is an unique place to work because its smaller than a big four, but bigger than boutique shops. This results in a place where you'll learn a lot in a short amount of time, with as much as handholding in the beginning as needed (within reason). The base salaries are slightly under what you'd find at other consulting shops, but the bonuses, which are based on chargeability and project performance, are pretty good. There are many ex-Andersen veterans working here, which equates to working with some of the best and brightest in their respective industries. Of course with any workplace, there are star performance and complete morons, and often times its hard to distinguish the two at first.

Cons

Protiviti has recently completed a series of 2-3 rounds of layoffs, citing "market conditions". I will not discuss of their choices of termination here, but the cuts definitely served to lower morale around Protiviti offices nationwide. This, combined with lukewarm raises given last July, equates to unhappy employees.

4.0
Aug 5, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Protiviti is a great place to start a career right out of college. During the first few months you are sent to "New Consultant School" where you learn all about Protiviti's methodologies and frameworks with other new hires across the country. They immediately put you on a client and are given "real" work, no coffee fetching and copying all day long. You will gain so much experience by working on a variety of processes for companies in every industry. You will also get the chance to rack up frequent flyer miles and hotel points because chances are, you'll spend a large percentage of your time on the road. There is definitely opportunity to move up in the company if you are dedicated and motivated to do so. As you move up the ranks, Protiviti will send you to the appropriate training "Schools." The annual raises will be higher (in a good economy) than for similar jobs in industry.

Cons

As with any consulting-type job, the travel can wear on you after a while. If you've been out of town for months at a time, sometimes management will work with you and promise to keep you local, but sometimes they won't or can't. Work-life balance isn't great. Women who have babies don't last long because management isn't that flexible. And health insurance is through Cigna which is not the best out there. Promotions are extremely structured, i.e., you must be a Consultant for two years prior to getting promoted to Senior Consultant. Even if you've been doing the job of a Senior Consultant after your first year, you won't be promoted early.

4.0
Aug 4, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Work life balance is great

Cons

Lots of layoffs, staffing problems, decline in client work, many resinging

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