Booz Allen Hamilton Reviews in Herndon, VA

Pros

Great management. Great work environment

Cons

slow to promote. not enouh vacation days

Pros

ECAP, Good clients, Community Service Opportunties, No real travel, Large variety of projects in a diverse client set, comprehensive assessment process

Cons

Career advancement for women, subjective assessment process, lack of management engagement with employees, lack of partner and vice president level oversight of client relationships (which has led to san antonio issues)

Advice to Senior Management

Client site, client site, client site... If your staff are there - why aren't you?

Pros

Strength of intellectual capital, quality of delivery, differentiation in the market, reputation, advancement opportunities

Cons

We don't always apply our methodologies to achieve greater results to our own business

Advice to Senior Management

Greater consistency amongst capability teams in how staff are assessed and promoted

Pros

Really smart people, lots of flexibility.

Cons

Lots of change going on, culture of fear since The Carlisle Group took over. Company is changing from a consulting to a contracting firm.

Advice to Senior Management

Make more time for your junior employees.

Pros

Excellent benefits if you can keep them

Cons

Managerial Incompetence at the highest levels

Advice to Senior Management

You will ruin the company reputation by staring at the bottom line

Pros

Retirement 401K
Resume Builder
Cafe Onsite
Benefits - Health Ins, Disability Ins, Vision, Flexible Spending Account
Parking
Free Coffee and Water

Cons

Not enough jobs for all the new hires
Management is unprofesional (lack people skills, ruthless, untrustworthy)
Employees are overworked, miserable and leaving
Company no longer has a good reputation

Advice to Senior Management

Management needs to focus on employee morale
Stop the mass hiring
Repair reputation with clients
Company can't sustain the rate it's going

Pros

You can work with incredibly talented technical people.

Cons

Senior Associates have complete control over those under them, with no culpability or real oversight.

Advice to Senior Management

Don't leave your worker bees at the mercy of a despot Senior Associate.

Pros

- Work life balance is good if you are not deployed at a client site full time
- Hire smart employees
- Promote telework if you are not deployed at a client site
- Training whether it is internal or external is good.

Cons

- They hire employees and put them on projects that have nothing to do with their background/experience.
- Annual assessment is time consuming and detailed but doesn't seem to be utilized properly. when employees are spending valuable time to write their assessment, at least fairly assess it.

Pros

-Edcuational assistance
-Booz Allen name on resume
-Employee's experience with the firm is completely driven by the team you are placed on

Cons

I was hired two months ago, to make a long story short the recruiter was not honest about the position I was applying to. I was hired unbeknownst to me as a "strategic hire" (i.e. good set of skills for the firm but no real position to be hired into). I have now sat on the bench for the last two months applying to positions, most of them are "contingent" or "evergreen/profile" which means they don't exist or are just a way to get resumes. The application process is no different for internal employees than external, you use the same site however you are privy to the hiring manager.

I left another company to take this position and now I am running the risk of not finding a position before I am let go.

I have been extremely unimpressed with the lack or organization and feedback in the firm. When applying to positions Managers rarely get back to you.

Advice to Senior Management

Look at your staffing needs prior to hiring people, in your ethics you state not to hire subcontractors to keep them from being a prime who is bidding against you. However you hire others away from companies to have them sit on the beach for contracts you are bidding on. Kinda contradictory eh?

Pros

Very intelligent hard working colleagues. Access to a wealth of information captial. Opportunities to further education and training abound. Plenty of opportunities for lateral moves to areas of interest within the company.

Cons

Expect to work very long hours. It is the rare exception that promotions are granted without conducting successful business development efforts. "Volunteering" for business development efforts is expected in addition to the forty hour client commitment often resulting in 60+ hour workweeks.

Advice to Senior Management

Promotions should not always be tied to business growth. Many developers and engineers do not have a desire to conduct business development but they should not be restricted from career growth as a result.