Great place to start out, learn a lot, and prove your worth. - Senior Consultant Booz Allen Hamilton Employee Review

5.0
6 Feb 2009
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Pros

The best things about Booz Allen are the opportunity to work with some really incredible people both on your team, and occasionally, on the client teams. There is also a lot of flexibility within the firm to get 'matrixed' across other teams, which really helps out with the networking side of things and to allow you to get the chance to work on some really different projects. Its also been my experience that the organization's heirarchy is relatively flat except for the ethereal plane where the partners dwell. I've definitely appreciated that level 4's and 5's have taken my thoughts, concerns, and work seriously even when I started out a couple years ago as just an undergraduate. At least at the junior levels, I've seen that the firm does recognize and reward merit and effort. They could do more, but I've had more success at Booz than my peers have at other places.

Cons

Well, the pay is not always commensurate with what you see at other companies in this industry, that can be somewhat frustrating. Also, you do occasionally have to deal with managers who don't have any strategic vision or ability to communicate about the growth of the projects and the people on the contracts; by this I mean that I've seen several managers just continue to 'wait and see what shakes out' for nearly a year without making any moves to really show the client what it is we're capable of offering them. I wrote up a whitepaper on what we could do to help our client meet the next stages of their development, and it took a year for the boss to finally come to the conclusion that these challenges were in fact inevitable and that we'd not been prepared to capitalize on these facts.

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5.0
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Pros

Great benefits and work culture. A lot of great opportunities to network and grow in your career.

Cons

Typical consulting work type stuff. All the extra non-paid internal firm work you have to do to get noticed and promoted. It can also be difficult to find a project that aligns with your career interests and aspirations leaving you to work with a client or on a project that’s less than ideal (e.g., super demanding client, very monotonous tasking with little opportunity to grow, etc.) Since Booz Allen mainly deals with federal clients, you’re also susceptible to project funding cuts and company layoffs do to current political climate (e.g., government shutdown, idiotic DODGE cuts, etc.)

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3.0
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Pros

Strong mission-focused culture with meaningful work supporting national security missions. Great exposure to diverse projects, talented teammates, flexible work arrangements, and opportunities to develop skills across security, intelligence, cyber, and consulting. Benefits and professional development resources are solid.

Cons

The company culture and employee experience have changed significantly in recent years. Earlier years felt more mission-focused and employee-centered, while recent organizational shifts, government spending pressures, and increased emphasis on becoming a technology-focused company have created uncertainty for some employees. Frequent changes in priorities, restructuring, and business decisions can make job stability feel less predictable. Employees may sometimes feel disconnected from leadership, and concerns raised through HR or management channels do not always appear to result in meaningful action or transparency.

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