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[quote=Anonymous]Current employee, and IME it's been very family friendly, however it is very dependent on your team, client and project as well as on your own career objectives.

My management team didn't bat an eyelash when I asked to go part-time after having my child.  My billable hours, as well as vacation accrual and benefits, dropped proportionately.  My annual evaluations continue to reflect my high performance.  I'm currently not seeking to advance within the firm, and therefore am not tapped for the extra-hours projects like proposals and marketing efforts.  I know of more than one senior leader who was promoted while part-time for work-life reasons although as one pointed out to me - "at [this] level, 40hrs is part-time".

In a decade with the firm I've only ever had one client that was not family-friendly and one or two marketing efforts that totally impinged on family time for a stretch of time.

It's not an up-or-out environment, so you aren't penalized for choosing to downshift your career for a while, as long as your performance and value remains high.
Things like telework really depend on your situation.  My contract doesn't allow for telework but that's not a Booz Allen decision, it's a government decision.

Times are tight in government contracting, so evaluate the option carefully.  It's not perfect and there are lots of things I don't like about the company, but the primary reason I'm not job searching outside Booz Allen is the family-friendly environment.

FWIW, it's "Booz Allen" or Booz Allen Hamilton.  Not BAH, not Booz and definitely not Booze.  Friendly tip for interviewing, that's the branding.[/quote]

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