ZS Associates reviews

CIG (client integrated group) is a terrible role/area within ZS. I would not recommend this role to anyone. The job is the same as what other consultants in SIP, DA, and BO do but the pay is WAY lower, you do not get all of the same fun perks, and you cannot transfer roles for ~6 years after starting as an analyst. You are expected to be at the client 4-5 days per week, but unlike other roles you cannot expense travel or food. So not only do you make less, but you also have to pay more to get to work. Leadership doesn't even care about this role and will lead you on saying you can transfer probably as an "exception" but then will reject the transfer. Would not recommend. This role essentially came about for people transferring from the India offices, so they would pay less due to sponsorship as the perk. However, with more regulations they started hiring people locally in the USA and it is illegal to pay differently so that is the reasoning for salary difference is what I was told. Reviews are also very opaque - even if all year they say you are doing great they will not review you well because promotions have become to be more on tenure as opposed to performance.

Business technology track is burdened across all positions. Technological expertise are missing onshore increasing the burden on offshore leads, hence high turnover leaving the team into hands of young inexperienced employees