Pros
Booz Allen has great people working for it. They really go out of their way to take care of each other both personally and professionally. It is refreshing to see that most of them put the client first in their work and normally let the quality of their work stand as the reason a client should hire them for future work. Great opportunities for professional development if you can be disciplined and set aside the time to do it. Extensive internal training resources and $5k available for external training and tuition assistance
Cons
Booz Allen seems to be struggling with change...changing from a private to public firm and also the changes that are occurring in government spending. Prior these two events, employees, with few exceptions, were able to completely focus on giving 100 percent and more to the client. However, today with financial pressures of being public and fewer government dollars to go around, new work is becoming more and more difficult to capture, leaving many employees on the bench waiting for new work to come. In the past, this wasn't a big deal, but today employee time on the bench is finite and lack of work (LOW) letters are getting issued much more quickly and frequently...no billable work means you may have to find new employment with another company. This is also having a partial effect on projects the start getting close to completion. Instead of being completely focused on the work, employees are starting to worry more and more about whether or not they will be able to get assigned billable work after their current project wraps up. This, in my opinion, can distract employees from the work that they should be focused on. This isn't anything new to the consulting world, but it is new to this company and may lead to problems down the road if not handled properly. It would really be unfortunate if this great company loses the ability to differentiate itself from its competitors...which is its people and their ability to alway put the client's interest first