Is Booz Allen Hamilton a good company to work for?

Booz Allen Hamilton has an overall rating of 3.9 out of 5, based on over 11,074 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 4% over the last 12 months. 74% of employees would recommend working at Booz Allen Hamilton to a friend and 54% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Booz Allen Hamilton have been left by employees working as Staff Scientist , Lead Systems Engineer and Summer Games Intern .

Does Booz Allen Hamilton pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Booz Allen Hamilton employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Booz Allen Hamilton. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Booz Allen Hamilton?

74% of Booz Allen Hamilton employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Booz Allen Hamilton 4.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Booz Allen Hamilton?

Associate (1522) , Senior Consultant (1315) , Lead Associate (520) , Consultant (465) , Software Engineer (237) , Senior Associate (228) , Data Scientist (175) , Lead Technologist (105) , Lead Engineer (103) , Intern (95) , Systems Engineer (75) , Business Analyst (73) , Project Manager (66) , Analyst (64) , Associate Consultant (50)

What are the pros of working at Booz Allen Hamilton according to real employee reviews?

"Good benefits and the pace is very slow for those that like to work at a slow pace." ((in 1037 reviews)); "Great work and people!" ((in 805 reviews)); "Great work/life balance and very flexible when it comes to work location for off client site." ((in 782 reviews)); "Interesting work and Great culture" ((in 450 reviews)); "Good pay and the people I work with on a daily basis are great." ((in 404 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Booz Allen Hamilton according to real employee reviews?

"Salaries are low and unequal." ((in 279 reviews)); "Poor management particularly with career and reporting managers who rule with an iron fist." ((in 277 reviews)); "Career Managers and senior leadership don't seem to care what happens once you're placed on a project." ((in 236 reviews)); "Hope you get a good Manager and not someone who's there because of their title." ((in 167 reviews)); "Yearly raises aren’t great and no bonuses" ((in 125 reviews))

What are employees saying about Booz Allen Hamilton layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Booz Allen Hamilton layoffs and their outlook for job security at Booz Allen Hamilton in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Booz Allen Hamilton locations?

Washington , McLean , San Diego , Arlington , Herndon , Charleston , San Antonio , Norfolk , Annapolis Junction , Alexandria , Atlanta , Rockville , New York , Los Angeles , Colorado Springs , Chantilly , Dayton , Mc Lean , Tampa , Huntsville , Baltimore , Reston , Fairfax , El Segundo , Lexington Park , Bethesda , Honolulu , Tysons Corner , Houston , Aberdeen

Booz Allen Hamilton reviews

3.9

74% would recommend to a friend

(10,442 total reviews)

Horacio D. Rozanski

79% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

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Booz Allen Hamilton has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 10,442 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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10K reviews

1.0

Oct 1, 2013

BAH is a mediocre company that suffers from corruption, nepotism, and their workplace environment is similar to 1950s.

Senior associate

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Pros

one of the larger government contractors with various contracts

Cons

All employees have to wear a dress shirt and tie everyday (very strange requirement from the 1950s). When we work at government sites, we stand out because government workers are business casual and we are all dressed up in dress shirts and ties. Management is too conservative and old, no fresh thinking, and its all about generating revenue from the government. Nothing else seems to matter for management.

2.0

Jul 29, 2013

Great place to be until the last few years

Senior associate

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Pros

Booz Allen has always had some of the brightest and hardest working people in the industry. They had a very deep bench of talent but that is all starting to change as they become more and more like every other large body shop in the area.

Cons

Ever since they were bought by Carlyle the culture changed for the worse along with the benefits and compensation. Management at the VP and up level is completely clueless with regards to what motivates their employees and how to communicate with them. Any interaction with them is straight out of a Dilbert cartoon. Some Principals get it but you can tell the ones that are about to be promoted because it looks like act like they have been given a lobotomy. The mid-level management core (the Sr. Associates) is completely demoralized and most are leaving as fast as they can. Very few talented people at the Associate level want to be promoted since the don't perceive any value in doing so. Booz no longer rewards talent. This is going to leave a hollowed out shell of a company that will most likely have a catastrophic collapse in the near future.

2.0

Feb 15, 2013

Like others have said, not what it once was

Associate

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Pros

Four years ago I posted a glowing review of the firm on this site. In those four years, most of the pros I had listed have steadily been withdrawn. But for now, if you were a new hire you can still feel some of the vestiges of what made the firm the firm: a desire to support its employees to make sure that the best and brightest came here instead of our competitors. It's on its way out, though.

Cons

The incident I feel most sums up where things have gone downhill: I'm not the only staff who noticed that they solicitied firm-wide input to spend time taking the employee survey--a large portion of which discussed our time off benefits--only to release a new policy on that issue within days of the survey closing changing our benefits. In other words, to early for them to have possibly had any time to review and actually care about the results. For a firm that markets strategic communications expertise to clients this was an epic fail. In addition, most of us have seen the ECAP phase-out writing-on-the-wall coming for a while. Mark my words, this is just the start of what eventually will turn into a vanilla 401(k)/matching system. Just like our competitors.

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