Great place to start or end a career -- in between, not so much - Associate Consultant ZS Associates Employee Review

4.0
Nov 27, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-Excellent training and professional development -Great culture, supportive and friendly people -Prestigious, good (but not great) pay, good work/life balance (if you know how to push back)

Cons

-Compensation could be higher -- but the business is run extraordinarily efficiently so I see why it's not (ie: the market doesn't demand that a higher salary be given, so the partners are happy nickle and diming when they can) -The firm is growing rapidly, and the culture IS changing -- a lot of experienced hires = a lot of people who don't understand ZS way. Specifically, the LA office has a HUGE deloitte influence and it has fundamentally changed the way the office is run, the culture of the people there, and what the job entails... These are strong negative influences and while they have not changed every aspect of what it is to be a ZSer, they necessarily will if this trend is not reversed

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