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Anonymous wrote:We'll be moving to the area this summer and I'll start at GT law school. Lots of questions but wondering what Booz is like as a company and career for the new/young professional. Thanks!

enjoy doc review

Is the curriculum at GT big on this type of law practice?

No I think that PP is just being a crank.

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Anonymous wrote:Hours vary widely. Depends on your manager and your group. I know people who stay at BAH specifically because it is low hour and flexible work for the money. But other folks are on difficult projects and probably don't make a great effective hourly wage.

I'm one of the former. Came to Booz after eight years elsewhere. Have a good level and salary and don't have to work my butt off to earn it since I mostly ride my resume. I have a lot of flexibility and leeway as long as I hit my targets and my clients are happy. But the 1s and 2s can get ground down because they're cheap.

What is a good mid career salary at Booz?

Maybe don't need an office but nice having a home base at the company you work at to store documents, resources, etc. can they at least give People lockers???

Salary depends a lot on clearances, what skills you bring, your staffing flexibility, your Rolodex, etc. If you look at the pay band for an associate on glassdoor.com, you'll see a huge range. It's accurate.

You can get a locker at the DC office, but I believe there's a wait.

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Anonymous wrote:We'll be moving to the area this summer and I'll start at GT law school. Lots of questions but wondering what Booz is like as a company and career for the new/young professional. Thanks!

enjoy doc review

Is the curriculum at GT big on this type of law practice?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hours vary widely. Depends on your manager and your group. I know people who stay at BAH specifically because it is low hour and flexible work for the money. But other folks are on difficult projects and probably don't make a great effective hourly wage.

I'm one of the former. Came to Booz after eight years elsewhere. Have a good level and salary and don't have to work my butt off to earn it since I mostly ride my resume. I have a lot of flexibility and leeway as long as I hit my targets and my clients are happy. But the 1s and 2s can get ground down because they're cheap.

What is a good mid career salary at Booz?

Maybe don't need an office but nice having a home base at the company you work at to store documents, resources, etc. can they at least give People lockers???

Anonymous wrote:Hours vary widely. Depends on your manager and your group. I know people who stay at BAH specifically because it is low hour and flexible work for the money. But other folks are on difficult projects and probably don't make a great effective hourly wage.

I'm one of the former. Came to Booz after eight years elsewhere. Have a good level and salary and don't have to work my butt off to earn it since I mostly ride my resume. I have a lot of flexibility and leeway as long as I hit my targets and my clients are happy. But the 1s and 2s can get ground down because they're cheap.

Hotelling doesn't have to do with travel. It means that DH will not have a permanent office. He will take any available office on days he works at BAH. The idea is that a lot of BAH employees telework or work from client site, but that saves money only if the company can decrease its office space. E.g. If they calculate that only 50% of their workforce is in a given office in a typical day, they rent at a site with half as many offices and employees.

Hours vary widely. Depends on your manager and your group. I know people who stay at BAH specifically because it is low hour and flexible work for the money. But other folks are on difficult projects and probably don't make a great effective hourly wage.

Anonymous wrote:We'll be moving to the area this summer and I'll start at GT law school. Lots of questions but wondering what Booz is like as a company and career for the new/young professional. Thanks!

enjoy doc review

Yes it's BAH. From what he's been told, he'll be in the DC office, very close to the client.

Hotelling means you don't have an assigned desk/cubicle. Because people are in/out at client site so often, it doesn't make sense for everyone to have a desk, so you have to "reserve" a spot on the days you know you'll be in the office so you have a spot to drop your laptop.

It stinks if you are in the main office long term, but most everyone in consulting does a lot of time on client site or in meetings around the area, so it's pretty logical.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks for the (mixed) reviews. DH has been told not to expect much travel. So I'm confused about the "hotelling". No personal workspace for people who work at the place everyday (in this case, the DC office)?

Not much travel...hahahahahahahaha

Well the client is in DC so this sounded plausible. Besides the hotelling (that I still dont understand), several pps seem to suggest that Booz is a starter job or step to something else rather than a career? Can anyone enlighten me on either or both? Thanks.

My friend's husband works for Booz Allen and at the beginning he did not travel because his clients were local, too. But now he is gone for 5 weeks (with 3 days home in between) because he has new clients in TX and FL. So, I would not assume he will never travel.

He might be on a client site most of the time so he won't need to reserve a desk in his Booz office very often. Or if he has work that can be done from the office then he'd just reserve a desk at the Booz office. Hoteling is no big deal and very common in consulting.

You mean Booz Allen, right? Not the former Booz and Co., now PWC/Strategy.

I hated BA, but I came in at more senior level, and was bored out of tears trying to find a fit into a project team. I did a bunch of proposals and worked on a few projects, in the financial space, and the approach was amateurish from the higher ups.

My experience was a folly, coming from a well-established career in international development institutions. I moved back to my own environment within 5 months, and no regrets.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks for the (mixed) reviews. DH has been told not to expect much travel. So I'm confused about the "hotelling". No personal workspace for people who work at the place everyday (in this case, the DC office)?

Not much travel...hahahahahahahaha

Well the client is in DC so this sounded plausible. Besides the hotelling (that I still dont understand), several pps seem to suggest that Booz is a starter job or step to something else rather than a career? Can anyone enlighten me on either or both? Thanks.

Hoteling = electronically book an office since you don't have your own dedicated cube. Ditto to the other comments that you won't see much of each other the next 3-10 years or as long as he's at Booz. Good luck - you'll need it!

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks for the (mixed) reviews. DH has been told not to expect much travel. So I'm confused about the "hotelling". No personal workspace for people who work at the place everyday (in this case, the DC office)?

Not much travel...hahahahahahahaha