Guidehouse reviews

3.1

40% would recommend to a friend

(2,791 total reviews)
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Scott McIntyre

38% approve of CEO

33% positive business outlook

Guidehouse has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 2,791 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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3K reviews
2.0
Jan 29, 2026

Underwhelming

Recommend
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Pros

Some good, passionate people who truly care about delivering value to clients.

Cons

Recently announced no bonuses for the year; questionable (at best) leadership who are not aligned on strategy or messaging when changes occur; slashing benefits; lagger in terms of industry benchmarks, heavily scoped In the public sector which makes the company particularly susceptible to federal policy and regulation changes; culture and morale has taken a nosedive; heifers inconsistency with in-office expectations across regions; silent layoffs; many consultants don’t feel supported in finding work and are out on notice of impending termination if spend greater than 2 weeks without a project; fairly recent Bain acquisition has executive suite hyper focused on growth and profit margins, pushing employee development to the wayside.

1.0
Jan 27, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

None. They are all gone or have been cut.

Cons

No bonuses at all. Multiple years now. No growth and bad company outlook.

3.0
Nov 3, 2025

Hit or miss

Recommend
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Pros

-Great benefits -Intelligent, hardworking coworkers -Opportunities for growth and networking -Good work-life balance as long as you're not trying to get promoted quickly -Good place to build skills to make you valuable elsewhere

Cons

-Competitive, dog-eat-dog environment if you want to climb the ladder -Clients can be extremely difficult and challenging to work with; hostile/abusive client environments are tolerated for the sake of making money -Required to help with business development but not compensated for doing so on top of your required client hours, so it often falls on weekends -Soul-sucking work if you want to make a real impact in the world - it won't happen here -Major nepotism culture when it comes to promotions and lateral movements to better contracts - if you're not in with the right people, you're out

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