Senior Consultant - Senior Consultant Protiviti Employee Review

5.0
Jun 10, 2015
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Pros

- The People (I know it's cliche). The people at Protiviti are amazing. Folks are not only intelligent and hard working, but also personable and always down to have a good time. I have worked in a couple of other firms and funds and have never met so many genuinely awesome people who I actually like seeing after work or on the weekends. I think it's rare to be at a firm, meet 100's of people and not find one that you dislike. - Career Growth. Protiviti is a growing firm so there is a lot of room for mobility so long as you work hard, don't complain too much and put in your time. Flexibility is a two-way street. - Senior Management is accessible and it is easy to develop lasting relationships with individuals significantly higher up. - It's just a generally fun place to be. I look forward to going to the office when I get a chance because, well, it's a nice office and love meeting the people there. It's a friendly place. - We love that senior management gets us involved with new initiatives and gives us a chance to work on some strategic service lines.

Cons

- Salary.With recent wins, Protiviti is moving into a new league. The pay should be commensurate with Big 4 Advisory groups and not Big 4 Audit. Our talent will continue the migration to Big 4 for the larger salaries if Protiviti does not at least try to address this issue. We get that giving everyone a raise to Big 4 advisory levels is not reasonable. Please at least address the issue however. HR stating that the salary is competitive to the market is meaningless when the market is hiring our talent for 20 to 30K more. - Protiviti should decide if it really wants to be a consulting firm or a contracting firm. We know that the body shop projects keep on the lights, but if the firm is to attract and retain top talent, then more consideration needs to be paid to what types of engagements these individuals are sent to. - Our 401k is somewhat of a joke in the industry With that said-- for anyone reading this review-- please do consider that even with the cons, most of us sincerely enjoy our time at Protiviti.

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Protiviti Response
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Thank you for taking the time to write about your experience at Protiviti. I agree with all your comments related to our people and the culture that Protiviti has worked so hard to build and is so proud of it! I do want to assure you that we are constantly looking at our benefit programs, salary as it compares to the market and always looking to make adjustments to ensure we are competitive in the market. This is something that is very important to us and something we do take seriously.

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