Booz Allen Hamilton reviews

3.9

74% would recommend to a friend

(10,437 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 10,437 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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4.0
Oct 23, 2008
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Pros

Everyone around seems to love it a lot and the morale is high amongst those I've worked with. One great benefit is that there are many, many activities organized to get employeed involved with the company. I enjoy the golf outings and some of the speakers introduced since I've been onboard. Also, I've found it to be quite is easy to report problems and potential problems...AND getting resolution to those problems . KEY POINT: The organization is stable and growing even in a down economy. The work can be very challenging, too. There is a clear path to advancement. The benefits are awesome, even if you only use some of them.

Cons

Downsides: Well, the pay tends to be less than industry averages, but when you first receive and offer, try to negotiate. It is expected and you'll find some wiggle room usually. Though the path to advancement is clean, it can be hard to actually advance beyond associate. You are expected to find new work...which is not as easy as it sounds. I worked on a proposal for three weeks and when it was awarded to BAH, an associate was given the lead. That was frustrating and a bit demoralizing. I was invited to work on the project, but with no pay increase!

4.0
Oct 23, 2008
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Pros

Booz Allen offers excellent compensation and fringe benefits such as 10% automatic 401k contributions. Booz has a strong corporate culture around delivering quality work. Interpersonal relationships are stressed as a matter of culture and most Booz Allen employees are well networked and easy to get along with.

Cons

Booz Allen is not a company where the status quo is tolerated. If you are looking for a 9 to 5 desk job, Booz Allen is not your company. You will be asked to work hard and often outside of normal hours (fairly standard for a consulting firm). Booz Allen is fairly consistent in its corporate culture but team dynamic will vary between teams based on individual management personalities (which can be bad in some places). If you are hired on the low range of your salary pay band it is sometimes difficult to catch up to the average unless your manager is willing to give you a market rate adjustment. Booz Allen tends to hire Type-A personalities and this sometimes this leads to conflict because everyone tends to be very competitive.

2.0
Oct 22, 2008
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Pros

I have been with the firm over 3 years now and I have been happy with the actual work that I do for the client. I think that the quality of your experience at Booz relies greatly on the team on which you work, which leads me to my complaints below.

Cons

The level at which you are brought into this firm seems to have no rhyme of reason to it - I have seen several people brought in from the outside and placed in leadership positions over and ahead of those who have been here for some time and have received outstanding performance evaluations. These new hires do not have resumes to justify this leapfrogging over the personnel who have been working so hard. Clearly, the quality of the work you do does not always equal success. There also seems to be no way to rectify this problem because despite the push to have mentors within the firm, you will soon find that any complaints you make about your team's leadership will be passed along to them and you will pay for trying to find a solution to your concerns.

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