I interviewed at Booz in 2004. I told them i was interested in going to grad school and that i heard they work their new hires to death. I told them that id rather work myself to death in grad school where i can get a phd rather than at Booz. They said none of the folks in their group work more than 40 hours so I agreed to come to for an interview.
So I arrive at my interview all suited up. I was interviewed in a lunch room by a woman first. She was really nice. I asked her how many hours she works a week and she said around 60 and that everyone does. I was a bit taken back because this is the opposite of what the hiring manager had said.
Interviewer 2 comes in and I ask the same question during the course of the meeting and I get the same answer: he works 60 hours a week and so does everyone else but everyone really loves their work. I'm angry now because I had to drive 4 hours to get to this interview and it essentially wasted a whole day.
I literally got up in the middle of the interview and shook the guys hand and said, sorry, but i dont think this will work for me. The hiring manager must of saw that something was up and came and and asked what was going on. I politely said he lied to me about the position and mentioned the hours thing and he accused me of not being a team player. I told him frankly, you wasted my time and said goodbye. He threatened to not pay my hotel and per diem as i walked out. I never even acknowledged him and just kept going. I walked out past security on the way out and dropped off my badge, I didnt even sign up and no one even bothered to stop me.
They ended up paying for everything and there were no consequences. I ended up getting a well paying job at raytheon the following day. I worked there for 5 years and never worked a day over 8 hours AND they paid for my graduate work (they offered).
A friend mentioned it best, "When you Booz, you lose."
Similar Booz story: I took an interview with them while with a competitor. I had no real interest in the firm, but was interested in what they had to say and offer for competitive intel. Ended up having a great interview with the guy who ran one of their larger accounts, who happened to be one of my clients at the time. Got a phone call from their recruiter that evening who was excited to offer me a position at a 30% pay cut and a more junior title. She didn't understand my confusion, tried to convince me that "our managers are basically partners at all the other firms", and eventually got the picture when I started laughing.
I think it was also Booz who tried to get me to tell them confidential compensation information because, quote, "C'mon, I'm not going to tell anyone."
I interviewed at Booz in 2004. I told them i was interested in going to grad school and that i heard they work their new hires to death. I told them that id rather work myself to death in grad school where i can get a phd rather than at Booz. They said none of the folks in their group work more than 40 hours so I agreed to come to for an interview.
So I arrive at my interview all suited up. I was interviewed in a lunch room by a woman first. She was really nice. I asked her how many hours she works a week and she said around 60 and that everyone does. I was a bit taken back because this is the opposite of what the hiring manager had said.
Interviewer 2 comes in and I ask the same question during the course of the meeting and I get the same answer: he works 60 hours a week and so does everyone else but everyone really loves their work. I'm angry now because I had to drive 4 hours to get to this interview and it essentially wasted a whole day.
I literally got up in the middle of the interview and shook the guys hand and said, sorry, but i dont think this will work for me. The hiring manager must of saw that something was up and came and and asked what was going on. I politely said he lied to me about the position and mentioned the hours thing and he accused me of not being a team player. I told him frankly, you wasted my time and said goodbye. He threatened to not pay my hotel and per diem as i walked out. I never even acknowledged him and just kept going. I walked out past security on the way out and dropped off my badge, I didnt even sign up and no one even bothered to stop me.
They ended up paying for everything and there were no consequences. I ended up getting a well paying job at raytheon the following day. I worked there for 5 years and never worked a day over 8 hours AND they paid for my graduate work (they offered).
A friend mentioned it best, "When you Booz, you lose."