ZS Associates reviews

3.5

62% would recommend to a friend

(9,876 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 9,876 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
5.0
Aug 13, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Great access to clients from early on in your career (interns present to clients in meetings) - Opportunities to learn and try new things (regular check-ins with managers to set goals for growth) - Encouragement to thrive outside the office (a first year associate just starred in a play while working full-time) - Great co-workers; people you actually enjoy so much you want to see them out of the office (30+ of the 100 people in the office went to see the associate's play) - Fun office outings (recent trips include a regatta on the SF Bay and a day of improv at a theatre company) - The pay is good (we are still getting raises and bonuses in the recession) - Job security (we are still hiring and growing)

Cons

- Presence in a limited number of industries (we do 80% of our work in "healthcare") - Limited number of practice areas (we do work mostly in the sales force and marketing space)

2.0
Nov 7, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Money is decent and the clients are mostly good to work with.

Cons

One of the values at ZS is “Treat people right”. I watched this become laughable over the course of the time I worked there. Most egregious example: I have a friend who worked on the HR team for 18 years and was promoted shortly before going out on maternity leave. The CHRO called and fired her while she was on maternity leave, just days after bringing her baby home from the NICU - for no apparent reason. She was the most dedicated ZS employee and ZS’s biggest champion that I had ever met. The treatment she received after dedicating her entire professional life to ZS was cruel.

5.0
Mar 29, 2025

Great place to work

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Lovely people and team culture

Cons

work times can be stressful and less work life balance (again dependent on the team you have)

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