Protiviti - A goos place to start a career - Senior Consultant Protiviti Employee Review

3.0
25 Nov 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Protiviti is a great place to start your career straight out of college with decent pay and benefits for a recent graduate, but as time goes on the pay and benefits don't seem to keep up with demand and knowledge level. The bonuses are adequate once you reach the level were you are eligible. The work life balance is a great aspect of working for Protiviti and the opportunities are definitely there for travel and working with big name companies.

Cons

There have been a couple of cuts in our office related to personnel who were underperforming at their work but being closely tied to the Energy industry our office hasn’t experienced some of the downturn that other offices have across the country. There are definitely politics at play in our office as I would expect there are at every office for almost every company and it pays to have the people at the top know you and like you but that isn’t any different from what I have seen at other companies

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5.0
16 June 2026
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Pros

The WLB, people, and projects

Cons

The salary is below that of most other consulting firms

3.0
29 Mar 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Business outlook

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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