Booz Allen Hamilton reviews

The current demerger between the Government Business (which will retain the name Booz Allen Hamilton) and the Commercial Business has left some people confused. There is a general sense that the Government side will be fine, but the Commercial side is probably going to be in trouble financially. Also, the biggest recruiting draw for Booz Allen was it's strong Management Consulting Business (competing against McKinsey, Bain, and BCG), which will be gone. Nobody knows how this demerge will impact both companies, and that uncertainty is can't be felt among the staff during the "town halls." Career mobility is often preached by Senior Management, but a very tricky thing to execute. You'll find sometimes that transition plans extend beyond reasonableness, which often causes the transfers to fall through due to delay in transfering. Also, once you reach Senior Consultant there is a bit of a plateau to Associate, it is a bit of "black box" where you don't really know if you are going to get promoted or not.

Booz Allen is a large company, that is not so much a downside but it does mean you need to work extra hard to network within the company. Like most companies networking is very important and Booz Allen knows this and pounds it into your head that you need to participate in activities that initiate networking. Even though it may seem tough and frustrating to go to events after you have already been working all day but Booz Allen makes it a point to plan fun and creative networking activities and events. You do get used to the size of the company, even though at the beginning you may feel intimidated by its size.