Booz Allen Hamilton: An insider guide - Gymkhana

aren’t that many role models, and the women who are at the higher levels got towhere they are without maintaining lifestyle balance—but you could say thatabout the men as well. This is really getting down to society’s expectations forwomen vs. men. It’s not just Booz Allen.” Indeed one senior associate says,“Women have a hard time staying around long enough to make it. It’s a longslog of travel in the future of anyone aspiring to be a partner, and it crossesright though the primary child-bearing years for professional women. Somepart-time programs have been tried, but they don’t seem to fare particularlywell. This is harsh to say, but I think having a trailing spouse may be necessaryto make it and have kids in this kind of environment. ...That kind of arrangementis still rare for women. For those that don’t elect to have children, I thinkthey do fine.”In summary: “There are probably never enough women represented in the firm,”says one insider. “Minorities are also never represented well enough, but fromwhat I have seen, we do a much better job in this area than our competitors.”The Workplace48