Booz Allen Hamilton reviews

3.9

74% would recommend to a friend

(10,451 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 10,451 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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3.0
Jan 27, 2011
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Pros

There are plenty of smart people and interesting projects going on here if you can deal with the sea of change, high turnover rate and politics. I enjoyed my time, and had many wonderful coworkers, learned some great things, though found it wasn't a long term fit for me.

Cons

Those who are willing to become a part of the 'collective' and put in the time are sure to do well in the long-term, but beware the precarious new corporate structure that's come with the public offering this year - much more dispersal of staff and teams, biased advancement, discord within employee base, and shifting management make it difficult to keep a hold of the stormy ship.

2.0
Nov 18, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Great opportunities for professional advancement

Cons

One of the worst ways to do employee reviews. The secret or unknowns who do the assesment collecton to a faceless committee who discuss your peformance without any real input from the employee. Throughout the time period when you have discussions to check on your perfrmance,do not assume that the immediate discussions of what you hear is in any way reflected in the annual review. Also, when you are told you will get an raise and a bonus and they cancel it, what are you to believe in the people that run this place.

2.0
Sep 10, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

The company name has an excellent reputation so you can be proud to work there The company's 401K annual donation is generous

Cons

Pressure to hire people when there is no work for them to do is a hidden way to pressure you into capturing new business. It's all about head count and revenue. But up until this year, quality people were treated as a valuable asset. The new operating model will have you out of a job if you go longer than 30 days under 90% utilization. People are constantly terrified they will lose their job. Ambitious managers are allowed to run their teams without any regard to building the employee's career. You can be placed in situations that stagnate your career so that your manager can inflate his career. This lack of consistency across the teams within teams makes it a crap shoot where you end up working inside the firm. Some managers do a lot better by their employees. The new operating model can trap you under a career manager. Until this year, you could switch managers. Until this year we conducted 360 degree interviews and hiring was a team approval operation. Now the manager or Senior Associate makes that decision without regard to the team opinion. This change happened over night and with no fanfare or explanation.

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