Why does Booz Allen Hamilton suck so much?

I don't understand. They didn't advertise as sucking during the interview. And the 'Top 100 Best Companies to Work For' in Fortune didn't advertise it as 'sucking'. I just don't understand why that's always left out of the equation.

Ok, more details on the suckiness, please? I'm interviewing w/ them now so why do they suck?

I posted this in reference to a Prudential post. Same thing goes here.

I believe the essence of what they really want is your Attitude, your skills and resources are secondary. You can learn the skill especially if you have the resources but your attitude keeps you going - for them - with blinders.

One of Prudential's recent employment offers read in part, "Any negative information obtained as a result of the background screening may result in the disqualification of the applicant from this and any other position in Prudential, including their CURRENT position if they are an internal applicant".

My translation is once you are inside; you MAY NO LONGER HAVE THE CORRECT ATTITUDE. You may be a trained professional by education but most of it was to create that hole where they put the sucking straw into you. I am very pleased that you notice. To more directly answer your question; Follow the money!

Not all of Booz Allen sucks. We are now a big firm very different than 10 yrs ago when we were 7,000 employees. We have become a microcosm of the industry itself. It is a company made up of people, some such, some do not. It is unfortunate that you have had a sucky experience. I have had both, but you can always move within the firm unlike other companies. We have some very good people, leaders and teams.

nic0e in NY if you are interviewing in NY in may be with Booz and Co we use to be the same but are not now. Good luck, ask lot's of question and be confident.

They grew too big for their own good. Plenty of great people there still and great from the standpoint of being a cash machine that continually grows and makes lots of money but not that great to work for anymore.

Booz Allen is annoying and they suck. I agree! They packed us up, relocated us to Central Ohio, put my husband on TWO major contracts in which he did an EXCELLENT job managing and then after those two contracts ended... so did his JOB! Mind you he's got a massively great resume and he'll find work, but that doesn't change the fact that two weeks after he received an AWARD for excellent performance- they let him go because of " Lack of billable work". basically there were any contracts to put him on within the TINY two week window. Sickening that now we are going to be a statistic of the job loss in Ohio. Thanks Booz Allen for sucking up every second of the last two years and then tossing us like a number.

If you have ever interacted with Booz personnel for an extended period of time, you understand why they suck. They do hire quality people, but they seem to hire only arrogant quality people. After a while, the arrogance (bred by the company culture) is the main factor in promotion rather than the skills themselves.

I have interacted with many who have worked with Booz people (both public and private employees) who have the exact same things to say (I think that many of these are part of the company culture):
1. They often come in with undo arrogance.
2. High internal competition breeds a level paranoia (always good for team building).
3. Way overpriced.
4. Ignore the direction of the customer.
5. In the end, they hand you a stack of paperwork and ask for their money.

If you want to be an arrogant paper pusher, then Booz is your place.

These are generalities. I’m sure there are some good down to earth people in the company, but from what I have seen of the organization and the people, these people are few and far between.

I definitely sense the arrogance. But I definitely agree that I wasn't hired to do a job that I think I'll like to do forever. I have a feeling this is something temporary until I can find something better, and more permanent. I love working in a team oriented environment and I can't help but to feel that I'm only the client's "extra help."