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Booz Allen Earns 2009 Working Mother 100 Best Company Ranking With Exceptional Family-Friendly Policies

Posted on: Tuesday, 22 September 2009, 08:00 CDT

NEW YORK, Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Working Mother magazine today named Booz Allen Hamilton one of the 2009 Working Mother Best Companies for the eleventh consecutive year. Booz Allen's continued growth causes the need to attract the best and brightest and the firm retains its employees through unwavering family-friendly benefits like flextime and telecommuting, backup child care, parental leave, and wellness programs.

Great policies for women make great policies for everyone, and Booz Allen is proud to have given its employees job security and expanded all its benefits, programs, and offerings in ways that meet the needs of its staff today. Booz Allen requires a great deal from its employees to serve its clients and gives a great deal of flexibility in return. In a recent survey, 73% of employees favorably rated their ability to sustain balance between work and personal needs, and 81% favorably rated their flexibility in scheduling work so they don't miss personal events.

"Now more than ever, our readers and all working mothers need the support of their employers," said Suzanne Riss, Editor in Chief, Working Mother magazine. "By offering benefits like paid maternity leave, the ability to work from home and wellness programs, as well as programs that enhance financial well-being, our 100 Best are helping to reduce stress in the busy lives of working moms. These companies epitomize family-friendly support at its best."

Booz Allen was selected based on an extensive application of 500 detailed questions about workforce, compensation, child care, flexibility programs, and leave policies. This year, particular weight was given to flexibility, benefits, and parental leave.

To view Booz Allen's 2009 Working Mother 100 Best Companies profile, visit www.workingmother.com.

About Booz Allen

Booz Allen Hamilton has been at the forefront of strategy and technology consulting for 95 years. Every day, government agencies, institutions, corporations, and not-for-profit organizations rely on the firm's expertise and objectivity, and on the combined capabilities and dedication of our exceptional people to find solutions and seize opportunities. We combine a consultant's unique problem-solving orientation with deep technical knowledge and strong execution to help clients achieve success in their most critical missions. Providing a broad range of services in strategy, operations, organization and change, information technology, systems engineering, and program management, Booz Allen is committed to delivering results that endure.

With more than 22,000 people and $4.5 billion in annual revenue, Booz Allen is continually recognized for its quality work and corporate culture. In 2009, for the fifth consecutive year, Fortune magazine named Booz Allen one of "The 100 Best Companies to Work For," and Working Mother magazine has ranked the firm among its "100 Best Companies for Working Mothers" annually since 1999.

To learn more about the firm, visit www.boozallen.com.

SOURCE Booz Allen Hamilton

Source: PR Newswire

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