Best of times, worst of times. - Managing Director Protiviti Employee Review

2.0
10 Oct 2014
Recommend
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Pros

A limited number of professionals with market standing reside in the firm. For junior folks, utilization is probably equal to big 4, but on a lower base. You will have more of a life here than there, but turnover was significant.

Cons

The rest are Arthur Andersen. It's a club reserved for Andersonites. Very few stars (just baby consultants with no hands on operational expertise, limiting moral authority in the marketplace), deliverables are average at best, which tend to be churned to juice final client bills. Projects are generally average, with interesting projects landing in larger firms. Remember...this is an internal audit based firm, meaning lower bill rates (reflective of low grade body shop "consulting" firms) than consulting/advisory work, of which there is little. Not sure where the pay scale resides, probably average, but the bonus structure is just awful (you can see it on the Ladders currently under regulatory consulting firm) and tends to evaporate to near 0 if you are not in the club, and that is done by whim (so think about the potential for long hours, weekends, and red eyes: is this really worth it?). MD comp packages are quite large, everybody else is limited and dedicated to perhaps out of market MD packages. Maybe this is just "consulting," but better models (projects, quality of colleagues, remuneration, progression, etc.) exist than this one.

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5.0
16 Jun 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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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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