Don't work here - it's dreadful - Director Protiviti Employee Review

1.0
8 Nov 2019
Recommend
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Pros

There are very few Pros to working at Protiviti beyond being paid each month

Cons

UK business is not making money - struggling to break even Incompetent leadership team who have landed here having failed to build careers at the Big 4 No understanding of diversity or inclusion Terrible work culture with an acceptance that it is a boys club

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Protiviti Response
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We are very sorry to hear this about your experience while working with us. We are acting cautiously with our budgeting, in a similar way to many UK businesses at this time and this has led us to be prudent in planning how we allocate our time and resources this year. In parallel with this we continue to pursue our 2022 growth strategy and we are looking forward into next year with confidence. One key area for us in UK will be to continue to embed our Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) and Corporate and Social Responsibility (CSR) strategies for which we continue to receive external plaudits and recognition. We also have global initiatives being rolled out, to make D&I even more part of the fabric of our culture. We value all feedback and thank you for taking the time share this. We would love to hear more from you about what we can specifically do to improve and we encourage to you contact a member of our HR team to discuss further.

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3.0
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Pros

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Cons

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