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From left: Booz Allen Hamilton employees Patrick O'Conner, Leslie Doody, Cal Jumper and Dave Regan take a bubble break at their Metairie office.
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Booz Allen Hamilton
Team work isn’t just for tackling work projects.
So goes the theory at Booz Allen Hamilton’s
New Orleans office, said Ed Ferrell, who heads
the consulting firm’s local branch.
Take, for instance, the Fun Times
Committee, which organizes dinners, holiday
parties, picnics and other events. Or the
Workforce Leadership Council, which coordinates
brown bag lunches, arranges professional
development training and encourages the
staff to submit ideas for after-hours socializing
and community service.
“The New Orleans office is very involved
with the Ronald McDonald House, where on a
monthly basis we bring and serve meals,”
Ferrell said.
A higher standard of employee benefits is a
hallmark of Booz Allen, which has been named
as one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For
by Fortune magazine and one of the 100 Best
Companies for Working Mothers by Working
Mother magazine.
For two decades, the firm has contributed an
amount equal to 10 percent of each employee’s
total pay into a retirement plan, regardless of
what the employee puts in.
The company also offers $5,000 a year in
tuition assistance to employees continuing
their education. In addition, employees who
want to become certified in a particular area
can receive a $2,500 allowance.
Ferrell, a senior associate who has been with
Booz Allen for nine years, said the company’s
Nature of business: strategy and technology consulting
Where based: Metairie
Employees: 24
Average starting salary: $70,000
Median salary: $88,000
Average employment time: four years
Benefits: health care with 100 percent coverage, dental, vision
and prescription plans, unmarried partner benefits, paid maternity
and paternity leave, 401(k) with 10 percent contribution by
employer regardless of employee contribution, continuing education
program, day care options, relocation assistance, telecommuting,
flexible hours, job sharing, employee recognition program,
fitness program
Wait time for benefits: none
Paid days off: 21
Web site: www.boozallen.com
training and continuing education programs
are among its most outstanding benefits.
“We have a great internal training program
and access to classes online that allow you to
stay abreast and develop new skill sets and
expertise beyond what you get from on-the-job
training,” Ferrell said.
Leslie Thompson, a senior consultant who
works on Base Realignment and Closure projects
for the Marine Forces Reserve, said her
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