Booz Allen Hamilton reviews

3.9

74% would recommend to a friend

(10,441 total reviews)
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Horacio D. Rozanski

79% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Booz Allen Hamilton has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 10,441 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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4.0
Aug 7, 2012

Not a bad place to work

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

I've had good leadership and excellent opportunities to grow at BAH. My personal skills fit very well with what they were looking for.

Cons

Definitely could do more consulting. I feel like we are just filling government seats sometimes. Continuously working for government clients also makes our organization take on characteristics of the government, both good and bad.

4.0
Aug 4, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The benefits package is competitive. The company and contracting environment is big enough to allow its staff to move into a variety of different positions over a career. Mid- and Senior-level managers are usually nicely seasoned and proficient with Program/Project Management. The company is good at winning new work - one of the "800 lb gorillas" in its markets.

Cons

Systems/Engineering skills seem to be in short supply - the shortage tends to breed top-heavy teams and technical "heroes". Watch out for 401K vesting (4-5 years). From appearances, the company seems to periodically go on "hiring binges" to starve its competitors of talent in its markets, then many of those hired will sit on the bench consuming overhead funds for what could be a long time while they find positions. Then overhead eventually dries up and puts pressure on other areas. The company is not as good at keeping new and existing work as winning it. It can be politically difficult to move from one business unit to another within the company if you decide that you're out of place or need a change. Salaries seem to lag $5-$10K/yr or sometimes more behind current market.

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