This is a company that operates on what feels like liberal Democrat policies, and is managed by a bunch of military veterans with no leadership or people skills. Why do I say that? They say one thing and then do another, and they say one thing and tell YOU to do another. They claim to value everyone's different work styles and methods of problemsolving, but the truth is it's full of bad leaders that don't know how to tolerate differing opinions or anything they disagree with (they'll shove the "Booz Allen way" down your throat all day long, and if you don't kiss the ring they'll harass you until you either quit or they can find some technicality to justify firing you).
This is what working for Booz is like:
* If you disagree with someone of the opposite gender, then it's entirely about their gender, not that merits of the two viewpoints. They do that deliberately to silence any dissention.
* "Respecting others' opinions" actually means "do what you're told and don't have ideas of your own."
* In their world, "teamwork" is code for having a bunch of people involved that don't need to be in every detail of what you're doing.
* High performers that are more competent at their jobs than their supervisors are viewed as threats, especially if they refuse to be micromanaged. If you're smarter than your boss at what you do, mark my words they'll find some way to fire you.
* The only thing leaders there care about is yes-men. It doesn't matter what those yes-people do, even if they're bullying or harassing you--the yes-people will be the ones who get preferential treatment.
* You can work yourself to exhaustion for this company and they'll never say "thank you" or "good work." It's not the Booz Allen way to recognize low-ranking employees for their contributions. Lead Associates and Senior Associates always act like they planned and strategized everything, even if they knew nothing about it.
*Their "purpose and values" are a joke. They care more about their "feel good" culture than they do having healthy debates.
*The majority of the Lead Associates and above that you'll meet don't care about the job or anything else that actually matters; all they care about is playing politics, so don't trust any of them.
* Leaders are insulated from the consequences of their actions, so they can freely mistreat ground-level employees without being stopped by HR or the leaders above them. A bad leader gets protection because the folks that hired them don't want egg on their faces, and it doesn't matter how badly you get treated.
