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    Booz Allen Hamilton Reviews

    Updated 12 February 2019
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    Booz Allen Hamilton President and CEO Horacio D. Rozanski
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    Pros

    • "Amazing work-life balance with the most flexible schedule in the industry" (in 569 reviews)

    • "Work from home, community sharing" (in 94 reviews)

    Cons

    • "Work/life balance in management" (in 197 reviews)

    • "Mostly young inexperienced gossiping chatter boxes with a lack of work ethic" (in 90 reviews)

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    1. Featured Review

      "Great Company"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Booz Allen Hamilton full-time

      Pros

      6% 401k match, great networking opportunities, management cares about your growth and development

      Cons

      Rapid expansion has caused growing pains- limited work space

    2. "Strong firm"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Sydney
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Sydney
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook

      I worked at Booz Allen Hamilton full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Good values and work ethic

      Cons

      Long hours, sometimes on the weekend

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    3. Helpful (1)

      "Terrible Pay and Culture"

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      Former Employee - Associate
      Former Employee - Associate
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at Booz Allen Hamilton full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Everything depends on your specific project/team/client
      Non client-facing positions usually offer some flexible working arrangements

      Cons

      Outdated culture
      Management talks the talk but doesn't walk the walk
      Benefits are being cut even during growth periods
      You will feel like just a number
      Pay is terrible and not on par with competitors
      Very little work / life balance
      Office space is terrible, company refuses to invest in decent / large enough facilities
      High turnover among younger employees b/c of everything listed above

      Advice to Management

      None. They won't listen anyways. They are stuck in the 1900's. If you want to be overworked and underpaid, fight your colleagues for office space, be nickel and dime'd by your own company, have your benefits slashed every year even when the company experiences growth, and experience all the worst parts of corporate culture - Booz Allen Hamilton is the place for you.

    4. Helpful (1)

      "Not a great company to work for"

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      Former Employee - Senior Analyst in Brisbane
      Former Employee - Senior Analyst in Brisbane
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Booz Allen Hamilton full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      The CEO seem like a good guy.

      Cons

      "The Work Life Balance that it promises is usally not the reality"

          "It is common for a person to be hired and then let go in a few months for "lack of work""

      Advice to Management

      Stick with the pick

    5. Helpful (365)

      "Great people, terrible business"

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      Current Employee - Senior Consultant in McLean, VA (US)
      Current Employee - Senior Consultant in McLean, VA (US)
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Booz Allen Hamilton (Less than a year)

      Pros

      The people are great. Everyone -- even the difficult types -- are eager to work and excel. There are some senior officers with questionable morality, but most people here are great people to work with.

      Cons

      1. Federal clients. Don't forget that you'll move at their pace, not yours.
      2. The nature of the job means that sooner or later you'll be strategizing ways to get more money from the client (i.e. federal government), regardless of whether or not you'll actually add value. BAH runs on government money, a large chunk from DoD, and thus is part of the bigger problem we have in this country with fiscal responsibility.
      3. Living off the American taxpayer. Much of the money that flies around in DC is at the expense of everyone else everywhere else in the US, BAH is a major player in this system, particularly the defense technology sector.
      4. You'll never get paid what you're worth. The three lowest ranks (Consultant, Sr. Consultant, Associate) seldom make what they're worth, while senior management (looking at you, officers) make insane amounts of money.

      Advice to Management

      I'm leaving this job for two reasons, despite being hand-picked and groomed for greater responsibility by senior management.

      1. You weren't paying me enough to do the job; especially when you factor in the amount of stress this job puts on a human being, the amount of time I sacrificed with my family, the amount of guilt this job inspired in me as an American.
      2. The job is not meaningful to anyone who doesn't lust for profits. At some point each of us gets a look at how the sausage is made, and then it becomes clear that the government is basically asking (literally sending out solicitations and announcements) to be ripped off. They don't need what we're selling, but they buy it anyways because Congress tells them to. This buys Congress fancy retirement plans at the same businesses that profit. But everyone else loses, and Booz Allen isn't doing enough to be a part of our nation's long-term fiscal stability.

    6. Helpful (3)

      "Great company and culture"

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      Current Employee - Associate in Falls Church, VA (US)
      Current Employee - Associate in Falls Church, VA (US)
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Booz Allen Hamilton full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      The benefits are fantastic. Booz Allen matches your 401k contributions up to 6% of your salary. The company culture is great and they really try to reach out to employees on a regular basis. Telecom positions are hard to come by, but they do exist. If you have a good Career Manager you'll go far in this firm.

      Cons

      My biggest complaint is that there is no tracking on internal talent and the skillsets they have so the firm is constantly hiring for certain capabilities. This is most frustrating when you are looking for a new contract and you see open positions that you fit, but it's a capability hire which means you cannot apply for it. Which leads me to the way you work at Booz Allen; when your contract ends it is your responsibility to find another "job" within the firm. If you don't find a new contract within a certain period of time (I believe it's 2 or 3 months) you get a warning letter that if you don't have a job within 2 weeks you will be let go.

      Advice to Management

      Figure out a way to track the talent you already have and stop hiring so many people when you have so many current employees on the bench. Tracking your talent will make it easier to place them on new contracts when their contract ends and they're looking for something new.

    7. Helpful (1)

      "Penetration Tester"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at Booz Allen Hamilton full-time

      Pros

      I really enjoyed the team and the work while at this position. Pay and benefits were good, and the only reason I moved on was because it looked like another contractor was going to win the contract.

      Cons

      Nothing during my time with the firm.

    8. "Incredible Talent, Poor Management"

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      Current Employee - Cyber Security Analyst
      Current Employee - Cyber Security Analyst

      I have been working at Booz Allen Hamilton full-time

      Pros

      Phenomenal internal mobility to explore career paths.

      Cons

      Talent management could be better. Many employees have underutilized skills.

    9. "Great consulting firm"

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      Current Employee - Senior Business Process Consultant
      Current Employee - Senior Business Process Consultant
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Booz Allen Hamilton full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Flexible hours and people centric

      Cons

      I don't have any. This is a good company with good people.

    10. "Great opportunities to learn and master CPSR"

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      Current Employee - Contracts/Subcontracts in McLean, VA (US)
      Current Employee - Contracts/Subcontracts in McLean, VA (US)
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Booz Allen Hamilton full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Great benefits, good culture, very talented staff

      Cons

      leadership is becoming too fluid and keep changing

      Advice to Management

      When some work and process is working great, why change it.