ZS Associates reviews

1) ZS now boasts of being more than just pharma and marketing, but that is just a PR thing and there are practically no concrete steps being taken to make ZS more than that. Data Science is increasingly becoming an invaluable, profitable and amazing capability with unimaginable scope in all markets, but the higher ups at ZS are failing to go anywhere beyond pharma companies. 2) The starting salary for a Data Science Associate is nowhere near the market standard, and one might hope that market correction and appraisals make up for it but they are practically non existent. The pay disparity between higher ups and new comers is tremendously skewed which again creates. To clarify, this only applies for the Indian team, while the other international divisions with the same exact position have a salary much in line with the market standard. 3) As a result not only is the work unoriginal, uninspired and dastardly boring, a Data Science professional feels underutilized and underpaid. You would see less than 20% of people retaining in the company 2 years after.

- While ZS is expanding, however much of the work is focused in Healthcare - 401k is far from competitive, 3% match 6 year vest - Fractional staffing, imagine working a client's Sr. Brand Manager role, but then being told it's only 20 hours so here's another 2 projects. - Average salaries: Leadership has made it clear that Business Operations is more client facing therefore requiring more experience from the start (hence no more campus recruiting for BOAs), but the pay is average and relatively equal when you compare to other consulting verticals within ZS at your level