Is Booz Allen Hamilton a good company to work for?

Booz Allen Hamilton has an overall rating of 3.9 out of 5, based on over 11,056 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 5% over the last 12 months. 74% of employees would recommend working at Booz Allen Hamilton to a friend and 55% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Booz Allen Hamilton have been left by employees working as Staff Scientist , Lead Systems Engineer and Summer Games Intern .

Does Booz Allen Hamilton pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Booz Allen Hamilton employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Booz Allen Hamilton. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Booz Allen Hamilton?

74% of Booz Allen Hamilton employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Booz Allen Hamilton 4.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Booz Allen Hamilton?

Associate (1519) , Senior Consultant (1315) , Lead Associate (519) , Consultant (465) , Software Engineer (236) , Senior Associate (227) , Data Scientist (174) , Lead Technologist (105) , Lead Engineer (103) , Intern (95) , Systems Engineer (75) , Business Analyst (72) , Project Manager (66) , Analyst (64) , Associate Consultant (50)

What are the pros of working at Booz Allen Hamilton according to real employee reviews?

"The education benefits are great and the classes within Booz Allen are helpful as well." ((in 1016 reviews)); "Great work and people!" ((in 801 reviews)); "Great work/life balance and very flexible when it comes to work location for off client site." ((in 792 reviews)); "Good pay and the people I work with on a daily basis are great." ((in 394 reviews)); "Great opportunities for professional development if you can be disciplined and set aside the time to do it." ((in 253 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Booz Allen Hamilton according to real employee reviews?

"If you came in on a low salary due to education or experience very difficult to get to the same level after education is received" ((in 278 reviews)); "Poor management particularly with career and reporting managers who rule with an iron fist." ((in 275 reviews)); "Career Managers and senior leadership don't seem to care what happens once you're placed on a project." ((in 234 reviews)); "Hope you get a good Manager and not someone who's there because of their title." ((in 167 reviews)); "Low pay and no bonus till Senior Associate" ((in 126 reviews))

What are employees saying about Booz Allen Hamilton layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Booz Allen Hamilton layoffs and their outlook for job security at Booz Allen Hamilton in 2026.

What Booz Allen Hamilton locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Suffolk , Aurora , Columbus , Orlando , Stafford , Oklahoma City , Pensacola , Albuquerque , Las Vegas , Annapolis

Booz Allen Hamilton reviews

3.9

74% would recommend to a friend

(10,425 total reviews)

Horacio D. Rozanski

79% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Work/Life balance

3.9

Culture & values

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Career opportunities

3.7

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Senior management

Booz Allen Hamilton has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 10,425 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Booz Allen Hamilton employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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Reviews by job title

10K reviews

1.0

Jul 22, 2021

Avoid like COViD-19

Senior associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Heart of El Segundo, CA (near other Aerospace companies, so easy to leave without moving) - Nice view of 105 Freeway and LAX (but with all the accompanying noise) - Idiots get paid decent taxpayer-funded salaries - "Engineers" never have to produce an actual product, can just pretend they do - Great if you are ex-military and have limited real-world skills

Cons

- Low industry salaries except for the in-bred white management (all ex-military) - Turnover very high (retention rate less than 30% in engineering group over last to 2-3 years) - "Engineering" is mostly manipulating Excel spreadsheets and producing Powerpoints on a truly bizarre Booz-Allen Powerpoint style - Management claims to focus on diversity, but LA office is lily white male and one white female. Token African Americans and Hispanics are delivery and maintenance personnel

1.0

Sep 10, 2019

Worst Experience EVER. STAY AWAY.

Associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

401K Match is better than the others.

Cons

I worked for Booz Allen for over 7 years. First of all, I was never able to get staffed on a project that I had interest in. It was always management finding something and almost forcing me to stay. The work and environment was not the best but was decent. However everything changed when I let my management know that I was switching job to a competitor. They were mad that I was leaving and probably thought they wanted to take a revenge. Even before my last day of work, they terminated my clearance which made my clearance go into Loss of Jurisdiction (no clearance). Crazy thing was I didn't notice this until the first day at the new work; I was working in a secure facility without clearance for few days. Since then, I haven't been able to get my clearance back and it was very hard for me to find a project due to missing clearances. This is very very unprofessional and the company is going downhill BIG TIME. Totally messed up my clearance and the career. STAY AWAY.. They are no longer a prestigious consulting firm but just putting butt in the seat.

2.0

May 27, 2015

Falling Apart

Computer scientist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- There are still many folks who really are competent and excel at what they do. In some cases, they are the best in the industry. - You can create your own work/life balance here. There will still be a lot of pressure to burn out, but if you refuse nobody will really do anything to you.

Cons

- The company's management (senior to middle levels) is coming apart at the seams. Most managers are incompetent at managing the thing they are notionally in charge of. Many now proudly declare that they are "faking it until they make it." Clearly such people do not understand the TED Talk on the Imposter Syndrome. - The company is suffering from multiple identity crises. It can not decide if it is a consulting company, staff augmentation, or professional services. - Innovation is squelched, despite the creation of a very large innovation group. The company uses almost none of the technologies and skills it purports to be expert in. - The company's business operations team (called the GO team) is disconnected from market demands and mostly cannot be relied on to do anything except make life difficult. - The company is positioned poorly in the marketplace. Because it has no clear brand, it is not clear of it should be compared to higher-end boutique vendors or if it should be compared to offshore outsourcers. Customers are frequently confused and unable to understand where the company stands relative to competitors. - Benefits are cut every year, often substantially.

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