Booz Allen Hamilton Reviews

Updated Sep 4, 2020

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Booz Allen Hamilton President and CEO Horacio D. Rozanski
Horacio D. Rozanski
1,128 Ratings
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  • "Work life balance depending on project can be very inconsistent(in 219 reviews)

  • "Since going public the culture became no different than any other publicly traded company(in 102 reviews)

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  1. Featured Review
    Helpful (7)

    "Great place to work!!"

    5.0
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    • Compensation and Benefits
    • Senior Management
    Former Employee - Data Analyst in San Diego, CA
    Recommends
    Positive Outlook
    Approves of CEO

    I worked at Booz Allen Hamilton full-time for more than 5 years

    Pros

    Awesome coworkers, good salary and benefits ($$ for education/trainings/conferences), stock purchase program, 401k match, lots of resources for wellness and discounts. Hard work is rewarded with salary increases and promotions.

    Cons

    This can depend on the clients but many client sites are old and not very nice to work at. Accomplishing things with certain clients can take longer than necessary due to environment/culture/politics within client organization.

  2. COVID-19
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    "Great company, but..."

    5.0
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    • Culture & Values
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    • Compensation and Benefits
    • Senior Management
    Former Employee - Associate in Troy, MI
    Recommends
    Neutral Outlook
    Approves of CEO

    I worked at Booz Allen Hamilton full-time for more than a year

    Pros

    I must say this was one of the best companies I'd worked for in a long time. They are focused on their people and actually value them. The folks running the Troy office are on the ball and I felt welcomed and well treated. I sat in orientation getting the usual pitch about corporate values. In my head, yeah, right...but in my experience, they actually practice what they preach. No complaints about any one there. On the corp level, they took early action to assure people that they still had jobs during the current pandemic crisis. Many other companies took a less than charitable view of the whole thing. The benefits are there and available to you, but in all honesty they're mediocre at best.

    Cons

    This gets lengthy as there were several complicated situations. In spite of management denials, this is a contract house, you are a contract employee and will remain that way until you lose your funding or find another contract. Management repeatedly denied this, saying you're a full time salaried employee. Which you are as long as you have a charge number. The company holidays match up with gov holidays and nothing more. You will NOT have Christmas Eve, New Years Eve or even the Friday after Thanksgiving off unless you use your vacation. I've never run into that one before. The job that I was in as well as most others involves working with/at the local DoD installations, namely TARDEC or Selfridge. Not bad places to work if you can stomach working with government employees. Pretty much, anything and everything you've heard is true.... As I said, I had zero problems with local management. That's not the case with these from on high. Those folks came across as nothing more than used car salesmen, and I didn't trust anything they said.

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  3. "People first"

    4.0
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    • Culture & Values
    • Career Opportunities
    • Compensation and Benefits
    • Senior Management
    Current Employee - Senior Consultant in San Francisco, CA

    I have been working at Booz Allen Hamilton full-time

    Pros

    People first/good life to work ratio

    Cons

    Very little guidance during on boarding

  4. Helpful (1)

    "Very Happy @ Booz Allen"

    5.0
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    • Senior Management
    Current Employee - Anonymous Employee 
    Recommends
    Positive Outlook
    Approves of CEO

    I have been working at Booz Allen Hamilton full-time for more than a year

    Pros

    Good work/life balance and listens to employees.

    Cons

    The corporate message is that anyone at any level can contribute and voice opinions to any level. Middle management sometimes gets nervous about this.

  5. "Great Company"

    5.0
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    • Senior Management
    Former Employee - Associate 
    Recommends
    Positive Outlook
    Approves of CEO

    I worked at Booz Allen Hamilton full-time for more than 8 years

    Pros

    Salary, Benefits, and time flexibilty

    Cons

    None that I can think of

  6. "Great Company to Launch Career"

    4.0
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    • Culture & Values
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    • Compensation and Benefits
    • Senior Management
    Current Employee - Human Capital Management Consultant in McLean, VA
    Recommends
    Positive Outlook
    Approves of CEO

    I have been working at Booz Allen Hamilton full-time for more than 5 years

    Pros

    Great work life balance. Not as much burnout as competitors. Leadership encourages professional development. You're able to pivot your career and reinvent yourself. Great benefits.

    Cons

    Only senior leadership are bonus eligible.

  7. "Great place to work"

    5.0
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    • Senior Management
    Former Employee - Associate in San Diego, CA
    Recommends
    Positive Outlook
    Approves of CEO

    I worked at Booz Allen Hamilton full-time for more than 3 years

    Pros

    Benefits were generous and well done

    Cons

    Limited positions to DoD clients

  8. "BAH"

    4.0
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    • Compensation and Benefits
    • Senior Management
    Former Employee - Senior Consultant in San Diego, CA
    Recommends
    Neutral Outlook
    No opinion of CEO

    I worked at Booz Allen Hamilton full-time for more than 3 years

    Pros

    As a young professional, gained lots of good skills here, good place to get your feet wet in the consulting world

    Cons

    Clientele is pretty limited to the armed forces in San Diego

  9. "Great if you have a good Principal"

    5.0
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    Current Employee - Senior Consultant in Aberdeen, MD
    Recommends
    Positive Outlook
    Approves of CEO

    I have been working at Booz Allen Hamilton full-time for more than a year

    Pros

    Flex scheduling, great people, family feel

    Cons

    Aetna health blows ... Wish blue cross blue shield

  10. "Lead network engineer"

    4.0
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    • Culture & Values
    • Career Opportunities
    • Compensation and Benefits
    • Senior Management
    Current Employee - Systems Administrator in Norfolk, VA
    Recommends
    Positive Outlook
    Approves of CEO

    I have been working at Booz Allen Hamilton full-time for more than a year

    Pros

    Great benefits for their employees.

    Cons

    There is no clear promotion path

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