Pros
Management opportunities exist for employees not seen as "young". The company believes it is better than all other consulting firms, which is a double edged sword. While impressing clients, this belief alienates other contractors working alongside BAH employees.
Kontras
Managers in this company will pigeon-hole employees if they do not fit in the "good-ole-boy" clique with the others. Qualified employees with motivation to take over more tasks will easily be overlooked. Opportunities to excel will probably be given to the employee that takes time away from doing actual work and spends time hanging out with other employees in the "good-ole-boy" network. This was discouraging to our younger (mid 20's to early 30'2) employees, who felt a good work ethic and high ratings from customers should help their company progress. The 360 degree system to evaluate employees for annual raises and bonuses focuses very little on how a customer feels about you and more on how coworkers and managers that may not be involved in your product feel about you. Most of the time a manager not in your chain will be in charge of you 360 degree assessments. Additionally the 401k for BAH has a vesting requirement that many other companies (Raytheon, NJVC, Chenega) do not have.