ZS Associates reviews

3.5

62% would recommend to a friend

(9,872 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 9,872 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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10K reviews
3.0
Jan 28, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

You will be challenged, whether it is figuring out how to manage your professional development, dealing with difficult clients, balancing multiple projects. ZS will throw many issues your way, and many times you will need to solve them, though there will be people available to support you. This makes for great storytelling if you decide to leave or go to business school. While ZS doesn't have a super strong brand outside of pharma, the problem solving you learn will be transferrable.

Cons

Not everyone has your interests in mind. If you don't actively have conversations about promotions and projects, you'll be stuck where you don't want to be. Project experience is still driven primarily by staffing need. Because of the offshore team, you also might not get the extensive technical skills you want, such as in Excel or analytics, because it's just easier to hand it over to them, especially when things get busy.

3.0
Dec 12, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Travel is generally low (except for non-healthcare work), work is flexible (accommodate appointments, WFH, etc.), pay is decent, raises around ~6%/year, regular promotion, culture is generally pretty good (fairly collegial, definitely not cut throat)

Cons

Very easy to get pigeonholed into one type or work and/or one client, long hours (though likely on par with other firms), no pay transparency, high turnover, leadership quality of the principals is highly variable (some are terrible to work with, uninterested in your personal commitments, not interested in personal growth, etc. - others are fantastic), opportunities outside of healthcare are much more limited and can be difficult to break into

4.0
Mar 15, 2018

Great Company, Great People, Incredibly High Expecations

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The benefits are definitely above average: healthcare, PTO, maternal and paternal leave, perks and activities. The people culture is great: invested in helping you grow internally and professionally, invested in happiness , engagement.

Cons

Work culture is a bit intense: no one wants to say it but you are flat out expected to put in 50+ hours minimum. Long days are the norm and weekend and holiday working is almost expected. Going to Cancun? Going to backpack Europe? You better have access to your email at the very least.

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