Booz Allen Hamilton reviews

3.9

74% would recommend to a friend

(10,436 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 10,436 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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1.0
Nov 15, 2014
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Pros

PTO is pretty solid. You get government holidays off.

Cons

Lack of growth and variation of projects. Management has no interaction with staff on client site. No effort to even engage client site staff. No raises either. The quality of benefits is depleting annually. 2015 health insurance will have higher deductibles than ever before.Company 401K contribution matching went from 10% to 6% and will be a mere 4% in 2016.

2.0
Oct 27, 2014

It's All About the Money (Billable Hours)

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The pay scale is ok although on the low side for my industry. The benefits package is about average compared to other companies where I've worked.

Cons

It's all about the money. If you don't have billable hours, you are out the door within a couple of weeks (see other posts about Lack of Work Letters). My so-called Career Manager didn't do squat to help me find another position within the company and a lot of positions require an existing secret or higher security clearance. All the promos I saw were political, not based on skill. And woe unto you if you have a goofball client - they can make your life hell if your manager doesn't have the stones to protect their people. This is a good place to get some experience in a federal contract house (butts in the seats); BAH is NOT a consulting firm in any sense of the definition. You can survive for awhile if you blather corporate speak and play the cheerleader, but plan on finding another job within 2-3 years.

1.0
Mar 23, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Good opportunities for new grads. Unique client work. Opportunities to have significant client impact early in a career.

Cons

Completely different firm since going public. Morale has gone from abysmal to tragic. Senior leadership seems distracted and disengaged from the realities of 2014 and middle management remains excessively large and predominantly clueless. MBA's, subject matter experts, and other specialists need not apply- they wont know what to do with you.

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