Pros
-Some of the people were excellent -Some teams and managers were good and tried to take care of their team -Working with government entities can be extremely frustrating, but also rewarding due to the scale of potential change
Kontras
-The work is significantly more staff augmentation than actual consulting. Rarely does the work focus on solving a problem, it is mostly about occupying a seat for the government and shuffling whatever paper comes across your desk. -Promotions and salaries are arbitrary, very political, and not merit-based. My only meaningful promotions and raises were given when I went out to another company and got a better offer and brought it back. -Leadership is focused on sales, not developing people - they are very willing to let some sit in a role for years on the same contract, rather than try to maximize their value by aligning their skillset to the work -Leadership maintains heavy control over the people they hire, even after the employee has moved on to another contract - people at Booz refer to this as leaders 'building their pyramid'. -People who want to advance are required to work off-hours on contracts, often resulting in people working 100+ hour weeks for months with little chance of actually getting promoted.