It's all about the Sale, Delivery is Secondary - Anonymous employee Protiviti Employee Review

1.0
6 Oct 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

I worked with some very knowledgeable individuals picked up a few things from them. If you are into travel the clients that you may work on can be global.

Cons

The MD's at the smaller regional offices lack any backbone. Virtually no autonomy is given to those offices, rather everything must be approved from the main office in the region. The entire focus is on making new sales while ignoring your existing client base. Protiviti takes their existing clients for granted while chasing the next big sale. Delivery of the project suffers as you have management constantly chasing sales while you have junior consultants attempting to execute work programs in which they have no experience.

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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
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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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