Vantaggi
The brand name is still top-notch, and the firm definitely sets itself apart from other government contractors in the way it moves to bring people into the culture. While we may no longer do traditional management consulting, I have worked for a competitor in the DC area where I was hired in, brought into the main office for one half day to sign my contract, and shipped off to client site for the rest of my tenure (seeing my "manager" only twice over 2 years). I am impressed with the length Booz Allen goes to in bringing us into the fold.
Svantaggi
Unsure about the future given the split. Already there is word that our reputation is diluting, which bothers me as a recruit who was brought in under the more traditional recruiting mold (industry background, top-10 professional degree). Unsure that a move towards classic government consulting may push the firm to abandon it's management consulting structure/roots to focus on the more traditional GC route -- i.e. hire and fire, hire to place, don't waste time on making people identify with the company/firm. Also wondering how our 10% contributions will play out in the next few years given the split -- we had $4b in revenues as a merged firm, what will they be with the split?