Pros and Cons of Protiviti - Anonymous employee Protiviti Employee Review

4.0
21 Apr 2010
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Excellent mentoring program Support for obtaining professional certifications Good perks and benefits Managing Directors are approachable and have open-door policies

Cons

Stuffy and overly formal workplace Heavily dependent upon staffing new college grads with little experience Culture where promotions are expected based on employment duration, not performance Struggling to expand service offering other than Internal Audit or SOX work Too timid in making changes to their service offering

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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
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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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