Booz Allen Hamilton reviews

3.9

74% would recommend to a friend

(10,445 total reviews)
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Horacio D. Rozanski

79% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Booz Allen Hamilton has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 10,445 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Booz Allen Hamilton employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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2.0
Mar 27, 2014
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Pros

From the outside the company appears to be the "model" for both the client and employee.

Cons

I'm in my third year with BAH and believe it is the worse company I have worked for in 35 years. The company touts itself as highly ethical but it's ethics are only client facing. I have never, in my over 35 years in the workforce, been treated as badly as an employee or manager/leader. I've had 9 "team leads" and 6 "career managers" in just over two years. None of them had or the same level of management or leadership experience I have and none of them have been able to provide or expressed any real guidance or interest in helping me move up or gain additional responsibility for promotion. After my first year I was not debriefed on my evaluation by my program manager as I was told I would be. He was simply "too busy." The next year the same thing happened. I have several other reasons for being unhappy with this company relating to promotions/opportunities, having to use personnel time to participate in company sponsored functions, and lack of assistance and poor quality mid-level leadership. I believe I have given BAH more than an ample opportunity to prove me wrong but I stand by my opinion that it is a horrible company to work for. I am transferring with active duty spouse this year and I would not consider staying with BAH even if it meant giving up my career.

2.0
Nov 22, 2013

Not for the faint hearted. Waste of time

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Meet a few decent people

Cons

Nepotism Favoritism Unethical Poor management particularly with career and reporting managers who rule with an iron fist. If you are assigned to a bad manager; you will not develop in your career or be promoted. The firm purports to having a "networking system" through which you are able to find billable work. Its not true if you are under a poor manager. Managers shut employees down when they try to network with senior staff. Very caustic work environment. Its very stuffy in here. Lack of teamwork.Its a man eat man environment. Everyone tries to cover their tracks. Do not be surprised if you get rolled off a project almost immediately after you got started. Most good people have left. The few who are left are constantly looking to get out. Project work is not challenging and is very admin focused which anyone can do. Unable to grow in career path. Not much reimbursement to take courses or classes. Finding billable work is getting harder everyday.You will be let go in a heart beat if you cannot find a billable project. If you are looking for a new position; please take on a position elsewhere before you consider this company. All the reviews on indeed, glass door and career bliss are not objective. You will be better served applying elsewhere.

1.0
Nov 10, 2013

The worst experience of my life

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Pros

There are none that I can think of NONE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING

Cons

They don't care about what type of assignment they put you on, just want bodies in seats. Don't care about career progression.

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