Guidehouse reviews

3.1

41% would recommend to a friend

(2,786 total reviews)
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Scott McIntyre

39% approve of CEO

33% positive business outlook

Guidehouse has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 2,786 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
Oct 4, 2019

Not the Best

Recommend
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Pros

- Good hours - Nice facilities if in DC

Cons

- Boys club - Poor opportunities for growth compared to other consulting firms

1.0
Sep 5, 2025
Recommend
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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.

2.0
Jan 16, 2025

Don’t do it.

Recommend
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Pros

The Navigant days were great. They took a few years to screw everyone.

Cons

Where do I start? First - the corporate infrastructure is dreadful. You will make yourself miserable acting like a bean counter to mirror federal consulting norms. It’ll be a waste of your time, for which you won’t be compensated but rest assured, Scott McIntyre will shame you into thinking you are a low life. Getting an expense report processed for legit business was like passing a kidney stone. Apparently you think I love hanging out in an Embassy Suites to bilk you on a Tuesday. Second - you are going to be plowed by Bain capital. Exceed your sales goal? Not enough. And then they come to you at the end of the FY and say “sorry that 60% firm goal and 40% team goal weren’t enough so your money goes down.” All the while, manically chasing scale. Three - it takes a special kind of stupid to agree to let a managing consulting firm assess a managing consulting firm. We are all fleeing the Titanic. Don’t do it to yourself.

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