Work hard, get ahead. (If you like the frat house mold) - Senior Consultant Protiviti Employee Review

3.0
24 Nov 2008
Recommend
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Pros

You will work hard at Protiviti. You will travel. You will see a lot of different companies and learn a lot. You will also be on the road all the time, never be home, work 80+ hours a week, and be burned out all the time. You will do all the hard work and management will take all the credit. If you succeed though you will be promoted, and the pay, while not commensurate with the work level for the lower levels, certainly makes up for it at the management levels.

Cons

The biggest problem with Protiviti is it's office culture. It's barely a step above a frat house. The average new hire is hired based on how they fit this culture, not whether they have the experience and intelligence to succeed. One look at any of their office recruiting calendars will make this obviously - they make sure to hit all the local homecoming games and state schools, but completely ignore the good ones. I can't even tell you the number of racist and sexist comments I've heard from people. The workforce is only about 15% female, and they're usually treated with the sort of sexist attitudes that should have died decades ago. I honestly can't believe that there hasn't been a sexual harassment or discrimination lawsuit yet.

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Pros

The WLB, people, and projects

Cons

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3.0
29 Mar 2026
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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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