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  • "Good benefits and the pace is very slow for those that like to work at a slow pace.(in 762 reviews)
  • "Great people and energy at work(in 607 reviews)
  • "Great work/life balance and very flexible when it comes to work location for off client site.(in 515 reviews)
  • "Good pay and the people I work with on a daily basis are great.(in 266 reviews)
  • "Great Culture and a Good Place to Work(in 238 reviews)
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    1. 5.0
      FEATURED REVIEW
      Jun 14, 2023
      Senior Master Scheduler
      Current Employee, more than 5 years
      Warren, MI
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Great pay, benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401k, life insurance, more), and opportunities to grow your career through training and developmental jobs (6 months to 2 years, trying out a new job/position).

      Cons

      No real cons. Every now and then you'll come across a manager who isn't very good, but that happens anywhere.

      2
      1. 5.0
        Sep 20, 2023
        Software Engineer
        Current Employee, less than 1 year
        Recommend
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        Pros

        Company values work life balance and personal career growth. Benefits are good, and work culture promotes curiosity and growing into one’s role.

        Cons

        Standard bureaucracy to navigate when working with government clients. Work can be a bit unpredictably slow or fast depending on government deadlines.

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        1. 5.0
          Sep 18, 2023
          Senior Full Stack Engineer
          Current Employee, more than 1 year
          Lake Oswego, OR
          Recommend
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          Business Outlook

          Pros

          * _Excellent_ support for pursuing certificates while 'on the bench' looking for a project * Generally positive work environment (but I imagine this can vary significantly depending on project and area of the company you're working in) * Big company benefits (broad range of benefits, not necessarily _the best_ though - my deductible doubled.. eek) - listing as both a pro and con * Lots of potential to move to new projects / fields of interest if you feel comfortable with informal networking and hunting projects down * Insulation from start-up vulnerability (though funding for government contracting certainly comes with its own ebb and flow) * Generally speaking, excellent culture

          Cons

          * Big company benefits (broad range of benefits, not necessarily _the best_ though - my deductible doubled.. eek) - listing as both a pro and con * Easy to get lost in a big company, advocating for yourself and networking are essential ingredients of a good career at Booz Allen * Very locked down machines. All of the security restrictions / processes takes some getting used to. * Clearance process can definitely feel invasive and the process requires a lot of patience.

          1. 1.0
            Sep 16, 2023
            Senior Lead Technologist
            Former Employee, more than 5 years
            Annapolis Junction, MD
            Recommend
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            Business Outlook

            Pros

            good starting company to get training if you can front the cost but get out ASAP

            Cons

            No more bonus even thought company has record breaking profit, no mobility, sexist leadership, toxic managers, no training available without being friends with TechX leadership, Boomer principals give you low pay raises. Training budget has to be prepaid, disparate treatment for disabled veterans, management works from home and does nothing while employees have to deliver on client site

            2
            1. 3.0
              Sep 21, 2023
              Senior Consultant
              Former Employee, more than 3 years
              Washington, DC
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              Pros

              Most projects and Teams are very flexible and don’t require you to be glued to your desk. There are also a lot of opportunities to be fully remote depending on your project.

              Cons

              Pay is pretty low if you don’t come in at a higher rate, and even after that raises are very minimal. There are no opportunities for bonuses.

              1. 4.0
                Sep 2, 2023
                Associate
                Current Employee, less than 1 year
                Washington, DC
                Recommend
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                Pros

                - Great Innovation and Ideas - Many Motivated Junior-level Employees - Involved with Cutting Edge Technologies

                Cons

                - Junior-level employees often lack professionalism and experience - Organized Chaos. They lead with what the junior- to mid-level SW developers need versus what true thought leaders should develop as a comprehensive data, technology, and systems governance strategy. Without a real strategy, everything is "important".

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                1. 4.0
                  Jun 26, 2023
                  Senior Consultant
                  Former Employee, more than 1 year
                  San Diego, CA
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                  Pros

                  Flexibility and benefits. Great for a mid-career employee who wants to clock in and clock out. Working here can be positive but your experience at BAH will depend on your Client and the amount of work/time they demand. Some roles and Clients at BAH can be incredibly rewarding and give you a sense of purpose.

                  Cons

                  Sitting at a Client site makes it difficult to connect with the corporate side of BAH and leadership does not make an effort to keep the company culture alive. BAH makes it incredibility difficult to recieve pay raises or attain promotions and routinly underpays early career individuals. There is no clear path to promotion and goal posts are often moved. There is also a tendarcy for leadership to promote employees that they work with on a regular basis. If you dont work directly with leadership you will likely be underpaid and passed up for promotion yearly. At times it will seem that people recieve promotions to management but do equal or less work that consultants and senior consultants. Promotions are usually reserved for high visibilty, client facing positions.

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                  1. 3.0
                    Sep 15, 2023
                    Managment Consultant
                    Current Employee
                    Washington, DC
                    Recommend
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                    Business Outlook

                    Pros

                    Pros it pays more than the government and good work life balance.

                    Cons

                    Cons the way to get promoted is the most insane thing I've ever heard and no one will be able to tell you how. Also they are so cheap. They won't even pay for lunches. Healthcare sucks it's like you don't have any. Got into a car crash where a drive hit me, went to the ER and my insurance just outright denied it.

                    1. 2.0
                      May 1, 2023
                      Consultant
                      Current Employee, more than 1 year
                      Washington, DC
                      Recommend
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                      Pros

                      Hours are manageable; good job security usually; it's a good firm for people who want a relatively chill yet halfway decent paying job working for a government agency. Good for folks in grad school or who want to spend more time w/family or other pursuits. Not good if you're actually trying to be a management consultant

                      Cons

                      There are very few (if any) true consulting projects here. There may be some IT work that Booz does that's kind of like IT consulting, but that's about it. Just because you have or work for a "client" does not mean that you're a consultant. Accountants, Lawyers, Talent Agents, Therapists all have "clients." A true consultant is someone who comes to an organization briefly to provide strategic advice (Strategy Work -- McKinsey, Bain, BCG, Deloitte Strategy etc.) or someone who comes to implement change and then leave (Implementation/Operations Work). This is not Booz Allen. Booz sends employees to government agencies to do the work that a regular Government Service employee would do otherwise, and they want their team/employees to stay on that client contract for as long as the government will let them. I gather that Booz pays less than other firms as well. This firm is fundamentally not really different from a CACI or SAIC -- those two firms don't masquerade as "consultants," they are simply government contractors. Booz Allen is a firm that decades ago used to be an actual consultancy, but is now in effect just a big government contractor.

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                      1. 1.0
                        Aug 29, 2023
                        Contracts Administrator
                        Former Employee, more than 3 years
                        McLean, VA
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