Protiviti reviews

• Terrible company to be a consultant for, at least on the Protiviti side, Top heavy organization that fails to scope roles correctly, they under pay/ mis-define roles and under support all their consultants and promise the client they will train you and support but leave you to the sharks. • They try to provide a managed service solution to their clients but the leaders of the strategy on the Protiviti side, fall short in their understanding consistently and overwhelmingly, which puts a consultant as the onsite POC in a bad position. • They completely changed the scope and experience level required for my SOW and would not provide training or resources and declined to adjust my rate based on the job market for the new role. I left early because I was making $20,000 less a year that my peers. • In addition to that they are terrible communicators on the operational side of the house. I never knew who to ask for help, never fully understood the sick time benefit, they never told me that my insurance needed to be cancelled by myself when I left, and they had it set up to be paid via my personal debit card with out even consulting me. When I called to cancel the benefit, company said I could not receive a refund for fees I was already charged. • They don’t keep their equipment up to date and have had people working without fully functional tools. Or they are not trained enough in the available tools and their solutions waste time and add little value. • They seem to try to squeeze profit from their consultants and will not in any way negotiate on your behalf regarding pay or SOW. • They will blame you for anything they can to save face with the client, especially in meetings you are not attending. • Not a good place even as a transition role, you will probably have to unlearn anything you learn with this company.

I have two major cons I would like to mention, and they are the reason why I left in a short period of time. 1) Internal Audit focused. I joined the Tech Strategy Consulting group after spending 5+ years in the Big 4. During the course of my interviews I was told about all the tech strategy projects that they are working on, which was a huge driver for me to join the firm. I was going to join the group to bring my experience in the Big 4. Upon joining the firm, I realized that all those "projects" that I was told of during my interviews did not exists. I waited more than a month to get staffed on a month-long project. Most of the projects that came to me were all internal audit or some type of audit related work. Having never been part of any audit projects, this was a huge disadvantage for me. I was very clear during my interviews that my experience was on Strategy Consulting and that is where I would like to grow my career, however, 80% of the projects at Protiviti is audit related. Unfortunately, I found out after joining the firm and left within a very short time 2) Some of the MDs are narcissists. When I put in my two-week notice, on a Wednesday, the MD of my group told me that Friday of the same week would be the last day for me (2 days). Everyone in the firm (even other MDs) thought since I put in 2 weeks’ notice, I would get paid for the 2 weeks, since it was the MD (and hence Protiviti) who asked me to leave within 2 days of putting in my notice. I found out that the MD held a grudge against me for leaving the firm and decided not to pay me even though I put it 2 weeks’ notice. I am not concerned about the $$, but I was just astonished at how unprofessionally the MD behaved, almost childish. I am glad I left. FYI, I was one of the top performers within the group and received many accolades from my clients and the Tech Consulting group at Protiviti, so it was not performance related