Guidehouse reviews

3.1

40% would recommend to a friend

(2,793 total reviews)
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Scott McIntyre

38% approve of CEO

32% positive business outlook

Guidehouse has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 2,793 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Guidehouse employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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2.0
Sep 5, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Remote work and flexibility - Good pay - Student Loans assistance/company helps contribute money monthly towards your student loans

Cons

- Frequent instability and changes which leads to decreased morale and burnout - Layoffs, operating on a skeleton crew minimum staff/resources but maximum output/metrics system - Discouragement of PTO with Utilization metrics being a main focus, employees are expected to hit 95% utilization goal and not exceed over 2-2.5 weeks in vacation AND sick time per year leading to massive burnout and employees not taking sick due to fear of punishment for taking time they earned off. This is all somehow legal. - Poor leadership, tons of buzzwords, massive disconnect from employees and work expectations/reality, and blatant favoritism vs. actually trying to improve processes, work culture, and retaining employees. - Work culture is quite lacking and revolves around burning and churning employees to grind as much as they can. - Lack of team comradery, many are hesitant to work with others or share information/knowledge as they want to appear as valuable to the company. Sink or Swim mentality vs. ensuring all team members are supported which improves the teams performance.

1.0
Sep 5, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Guidehouse has good salaries, and benefits for employees who do not abuse their leave system. They are also large enough for internal mobility and job placement.

Cons

stay away from Guidehouse. Dishonest managers, and "partners", lack of communication between managers-consultants, unprofessional and inexperienced management, toxic work environments at government customer sites, unstable contracts with government customers.

1.0
Sep 4, 2025

Toxic Environment

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

High impact clients in the life science space, varied project types

Cons

Toxic culture and work environment, some people are fake and will backstab you, even your own managers who’s supposed to advocate for you will backstab you, people very cliquey, pay is awful, good genuine people all got forced out

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