Regrets - Anonymous employee Protiviti Employee Review

1.0
Apr 15, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- work from home - good benefits - good work life balance

Cons

everything, which completely overshadows the pros. - mediocrity is the norm - decisions are made without strategy - the time wasted on projects that bring in nothing for the company was absolutely wild to me - very little in the way of career path or growth - bad hires: tendency to hire inexperienced "leaders" - my team's leadership was incredibly toxic. hr was useless and allowed that culture to thrive on. - new hires leave, and the mediocre lifers stay dead end job and it shows in the awkward, burnt out, dead silence you hear on calls where everyone's cameras are off. then once you throw AI into the mix, it just adds a whole other layer of disconnect.

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Cons

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3.0
Mar 29, 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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