ZS Associates reviews

3.5

62% would recommend to a friend

(9,870 total reviews)
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Pratap Khedkar

76% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

ZS Associates has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 9,870 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The ZS Associates employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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3.0
Jan 10, 2015

Great people and long hours

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Pros

Great reputation in pharma. If that is where your long-term interests are, there will be plenty of exit opportunities. Most managers really do care about the development of junior team members. Most of the people you work with are extremely intelligent and nice. Benefits not as good as MBB, but better than most other consulting companies. Senior leaders have been making all the right moves to grow the company. Recent emphasis on training and evaluating consultants and managers on managing the scope of projects.

Cons

Expectation that you focus on a narrow range of clients, practice areas, or a specific industry after a short time at the company. Depending on office, you may only ever have the opportunity to work with a few clients. ZS does not have a bench model. Model works great for market research and operations projects, but not traditional consulting projects. Work-life balance is impossible to maintain. You will burn out unless you are incredibly passionate about the work you do. Little strategy work. Many projects are "cookie-cutter" in nature. You won't feel like you are making a big impact on many projects.

3.0
Oct 15, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

The people, culture and stable. These are all the things that they promote in the recruiting process. Decent salary and benefits. Learned a lot about how to be efficient in processes.

Cons

There are a few bad apples that make it a difficult place to work but because they are partners there is no way to get rid them. It was easier to leave than deal with them. Because no one wants to confront them on their behavior. There a little to no promotion opportunities for enterprise staff in most departments except for finance.

2.0
Apr 17, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

The associates, consultants, managers and principals are good, hardworking people who encourage others to strive for excellence, no matter what their department.

Cons

There is little to no appreciation for employees who are not driving revenue, and there is a lot of backstabbing.

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