Good place to start, get out in a few years - Senior Consultant Protiviti Employee Review

3.0
26 Jan 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Fun people and a good attitude towards work-life experience make Protiviti a good place to start a career. Starting salary is usually comparable to Big 4 and the benefits are up there as well (especially now they have a limited 401k match).

Cons

Experienced hires make more than those who were promoted internally. Managers and Senior Managers are often too concerned with selling and lack focus on their multiple engagements, making it difficult on seniors. Clients are starting to slow during 2009, meaning a lot of seniors and consultants are "on the bench" and not working on clients, which is tough. Seasonality can be rough.

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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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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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