Pros
Booz Allen is filled with bright and motivated employees. Its focus on mission achievement for its federal government clients helps give the firm and staff a level of client service that is unusual in the industry. The firm has a competency-based performance management system that help focus performance feedback and compensation on a relatively fair accounting of outcomes that help the firm.
Cons
Staff works extremely hard, and the "stars" work even harder. On the up-side, senior leaders are well compensated through bonuses for performance, but it's often way to hard to say "no" to work. The firm's leadership sometimes finds it difficult to make hard decisions on what NOT to pursue in terms of new business. The recent equity buy-out has "corporatized" the firm somewhat and has some staff on edge that the culture of the firm will suffer.