Protiviti Reviews

I have been working at Protiviti full-time for less than a year

Pros – good work life balance for consulting, acknowledgement of hard work and quick advancement, opportunity to be proactive about the types of work you are interested in, great office culture, strong internship program, structured training at all levels

Cons – competitors have better compensation, mentoring from executives is lacking

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at Protiviti full-time for less than a year

Pros – Quick advancement
Optional travel
Experience with a wide array of industries, companies, audit techniques and work styles
Extremely bright and talented peers
Opportunities for networking
All the self-learning and career advancement tools you could imagine right at your fingertips

Cons – Fast turnover in some markets due to difficulty securing engagements and lack of opportunities
Occasional negative workplace politics and micromanagement
Lack of proper channels for individuals to vent about frustrations with being seriously punished.
Punishment for creativity/ambition/intelligence
Rewards for falling in line, tolerating mistreatment, and refusing to utilize professional skepticism
Creative minds are sometimes pushed out and autocratic egomaniacs are encouraged
Occasional racism, sexism, poor treatment of those lower on the pecking order by superiors
Bureaucracy...Who you know is everything and what you know is best kept to yourself

Advice to Senior Management – Treat your newcomers like gold, as they will someday be the future leaders of the company.
Offer a more honest and realistic feedback loop, rather than telling people what they want to hear while making side judgments and preventing your employees from actually bettering themselves.
Fix the tone at the top to emphasize equality, respect and fair treatment of everyone in the company, instead of encouraging new consultants to put up with everyone else's crap until they can someday dish it out and perpetuate the cycle.
Actually punish those who have a horrible attitude and verbally abuse those below them, and reward those that are ambitious, creative, and get their work done faster than expected.
Don't focus so much on getting hordes of new employees through the door and then cutting the chaff, spend more time on finding employees who are a better organizational fit for the company and are successful with interpersonal interaction, and you will greatly reduce company turnover.
Don't allow management to blame individuals for failures on the part of management, the company, or factors that are completely out of everyone's control.
Have more realistic expectations of your workforce. With unrealistic expectations, the stress builds up and is the worst for those at the very bottom. The levels of anxiety resulting from unrealistic expectations, poor communication, and blaming the victim are paralyzing and seriously hinder productivity.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Protiviti

Pros – Good people. Work hard play hard.

Cons – Work can become dull and skill set can be narrowed to a single path.

I have been working at Protiviti full-time for less than a year

Pros – Extremely laid back and casual. Everyone is very friendly and there are often morale events. Working alongside Microsoft Licensing employees is a great way to make connections that can lead to jobs at Big 4 companies, as well.

Cons – Require a lot of CPE, although some of it does not pertain to the actual job. The work is also somewhat seasonal, so some weeks there will be very little do, then some times you work 60 hour weeks.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Protiviti full-time

Pros – Great area to learn consulting, vast array of projects available

Cons – Depending on location, locked down to the type of work that market is selling

Advice to Senior Management – Take more of an interest in developing people and their career interests

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at Protiviti full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – The people are incredible. It's like a tight knit family. The career advancement is worth starting here. Thoroughly enjoyed happy hours, time spent in the office, and the events outside of work.

Cons – Controls. Too much work on controls, test scripts, controls, and more controls. The work can't really be translated to another job, unless it's Internal Audit work with controls. Also, pay can be much more competitive.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Protiviti full-time for less than a year

Pros – Great balance between public accounting and industry accounting. They have opportunities to advance every few years of your career. Great work/life balance. Awesome training, they send you each time you get promoted to a nearly a 2 week training in another city with all the other professionals from other offices in order to network. Higher starting pay than Public Accounting position.

Cons – Relatively new company, so not as well known

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at Protiviti as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Young hip crowd
Strong mentorship program
Great training program in Florida
Well paid
Very cool senior mgmt team

Cons – Boring work
Actual job hours are horrendous

Advice to Senior Management – None

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Protiviti full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Experience to multiple projects
Opportunity for training
Great co-workers
opportunity for advancement
Exposure to clients

Cons – Work-life balance can be out of wack, depending on manager on project and project type

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at Protiviti full-time for more than a year

Pros – Consulting is nice if you don't want to be stuck working on the same thing constantly. You get exposure to different things, different industries, etc. by being on different projects. Also, if you like to travel this will be a plus for you as often times the project may require some type of traveling.

Cons – My biggest complaint at this company is that the pay was not comparable to similar positions at other companies.

Advice to Senior Management – Better pay and better benefits