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Booz Allen Hamilton
3.4 of 5 1,508 reviews
www.boozallen.com McLean, VA 5000+ Employees

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Updated Jun 16, 2013
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3.4 1,508 reviews

                             

75% Approve of the CEO

Booz Allen Hamilton Chairman, CEO & President Ralph W. Shrader

Ralph W. Shrader

(939 ratings)

74% of employees recommend this company to a friend
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Senior Associate (Former Employee)
London, England

I worked at Booz Allen Hamilton full-time for more than 3 years

ProsGet experience in Strategic Consulting
Meet executives in various industries
Learn how to work in teams with high-level consultants
Create strong connections with peers

ConsLong working hours
High-pressured job
Travels outside town and very often
Exhaustive and stressful
Difficult to enter and stay
Limited choice of clients and area of expertise

Advice to Senior ManagementListen more to consultants to try to improve work-life balance

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Best years of my business career

Partner (Former Employee)
London, England

I worked at Booz Allen Hamilton

ProsHighly professional environment
Some of the brightest people on the planet
Excellent teamwork
Lifelong associations and friendships

ConsHigh pressure for performance
Heavy travel in the early years

Advice to Senior ManagementManagement has done an outstanding job of growing the company. Keep it up.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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short opinion

Anonymous Employee (Former Employee)
London, England

I worked at Booz Allen Hamilton

Prosprestigious firm, international, world-wide, great opportunity

Constravelling, long working hours, competitive

Advice to Senior Managementyou can only grow as big as your staff

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Terrific firm, very professional and was proud to be a part of it.

Associate (Former Employee)
McLean, VA (US)

I worked at Booz Allen Hamilton full-time for more than 7 years

ProsIntelligent, hard working, professional group of people. Highly dedicated and mission focused.

ConsKnown to overwork mid-level professionals

Advice to Senior ManagementFocus on listening to mid-level professionals, mentoring and work-life balance

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Lead Associate (Current Employee)
Washington, DC (US)

I have been working at Booz Allen Hamilton full-time for more than 7 years

ProsCareer opportunities, education opportunities, client diversity

ConsWork/life balance can be difficult to maintain

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Good, but not the best

Software Engineer (Former Employee)
Annapolis Junction, MD (US)

I worked at Booz Allen Hamilton full-time for more than 3 years

ProsGood compensation, interesting work, a fair number of opportunities for different projects

ConsGeneralized reviews for the entire company that are more tedious than average, no technical track, management sometimes disconnected with everyday employees

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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Associate (Former Employee)
McLean, VA (US)

I worked at Booz Allen Hamilton full-time for more than 10 years

ProsMove at your own pace. Resources are unlimited. Great place to learn all aspects of consulting. Internal resources are nearly unlimited. Plenty of ways for personal and professional development.

ConsLow salary compared to the work expected of you. Hard to get promoted. Leave structure sucks.

Advice to Senior ManagementBe flexible.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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Trying their best in turbulent times for the industry.

Anonymous Employee (Current Employee)

I have been working at Booz Allen Hamilton full-time for more than 8 years

ProsIncredibly smart group of folks here. Good salary and benefits.

ConsExecutive leaders disconnected from reality of "front line" workers.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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Strong firm undergoing large organization changes in uncertain times.

Senior Consultant (Current Employee)
Washington, DC (US)

I have been working at Booz Allen Hamilton full-time for more than a year

Pros- Capable Staff
- Good compensation for junior staff with hard skills (e.g. engineering)
- Relatively good job security in stronger market accounts
- Very collegial environment
- Front-line managers and Program Managers are generally very capable

Cons- Front-line / contractual leadership ability may vary across markets
- Future outlook for the company may seem "poor" for markets or services hit by sequestration
- Opportunities to showcase/build certain skills have been impacted by current market conditions
- Not a good environment for folks who desire constant direction/oversight
- Cultural shift due to the firm going public is noticeable

Advice to Senior ManagementThe staff understand that these are lean times but sometimes it isn't transparent as to what leadership is doing to stabilize current and secure near-term opportunities to provide job security for current staff. With the government going to larger contractual vehicles that take a long time to award in certain markets, more seems to be at stake with each new competition. Also, more could be done to combat business leaders building fiefdoms instead of utilizing capable staff who are on the bench and aligned to another market.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Herndon, VA (US)

I have been working at Booz Allen Hamilton full-time for more than a year

ProsGood benefits and salary for employees

ConsStress can get to you

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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