Pros
Overall, Protiviti is an decent place to start your career. If you are an accounting major trying to get your CPA but want to avoid the big 4 busy season this may be the place for you. Consulting service lines (IT Consulting, R&C, Business Performance Improvement) are harder to break into, and even if you do, you will still be expected to complete Audit work from time to time. General pros: - People are generally nice and easy to work with - Small company feel, pretty much know everyone in SF office. - Work/Life can be good but if you live in the city expect to drive down to SJ for extended period of times aka add 4 hours of commute time to a 8-10 hour workday.
Cons
- Management is great at promising but rarely delivers. Shady staffing politics behind the scenes. - When you first receive the job, they call you a "consultant" but reality is 90% of campus hires will be part of the internal audit practice - If you want to only perform consulting/advisory services look towards a Big 4 (PwC, KPMG, EY, Deloitte), or Big 3 (Bain, BDG, McKinsey). - Most people exit into fairly good jobs but if you know you only want to do consulting for 2 - 3 years, go with one of the brand names listed in the point above. Will be easier to score the dream job interview. - Perks/Benefits (for SF Bay Area) are substandard compared to most companies in the area.