Booz Allen Hamilton reviews

Professional advancement is not always encouraged and cultivated with the employees broader goals in mind. You have to be very pro-active in knowing what you want and vocalizing that. Otherwise they are going to look at the experience you have and put you where it works for the business, not for you. The culture is on the conservative side, most people still wear at least a tie, many a suit. That shouldn't be a surprise, it's a client facing business that deals with the government and the military so they are inclined to present a particular image.

Job hunters, beware! Booz Allen has been growing at an unsustainable rate. Managers hire excess workers, then let them sit in offices with nothing to do, sometimes for months. Advancement, security clearances, training - if you want it, you'd better be ready to fight for it, as managers will leave you to fend for yourself. "Networking" within the company consisted of my manager handing me a list of people who didn't know either of us and requesting that I call them and ask to be put on their projects. All in all, I had a very bad experience. I was told that this is mostly because I didn't have any family or friends in Booz Allen prior to going there, as this is how the typical person enters the company. After all of this mistreatment, I had to repay Booz Allen for the tuition that they had paid for and the moving expenses that they had covered.