Good place to start a career, but limited opportunities to work on true consulting projects - Manager Protiviti Employee Review

3.0
Jun 29, 2010
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Pros

-Great people and good office environment -Good exposure to Senior Management -Plenty of opportunities to advance career -Generous vacation policy -Great place to begin a career, get exposure to a number of clients, and to build good basic consulting/auditing skills

Cons

-Protiviti offers a broad spectrum of business consulting solutions, but there are very few strategic projects that actually get sold. -The lack of strategic consulting projects results in a lack of opportunities to build a solid knowledge base in a particular area. As you progress through your career, Protivit project experiences will help you develop good basic consulting/auditing skills, but won't help you develop deep focused consulting skills. -The compensation is below average

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Cons

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3.0
Jul 2, 2026
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Pros

Good Culture, decent pay, not overworked too much.

Cons

Repetitive, meaningless, and boring work, hard to pivot out of this career once started. Also, the consulting career feels like such a fake job at times. Doesn't feel like real work. Makes you question your life decisions. I'd recommend any college grads to think about their future career goals first before joining. I joined on a whim and wish I spent more time interviewing. It's been incredibly difficult to pivot out of internal audit and sox compliance once you are in it. However, if you are really good at corporate politics and advocating for yourself you may be able to pivot out of the IAFA solution . However, not sure how that lends it self if you want to leave the company.

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