False promises at interviews. Not good for lateral hires at all. - Anonymous employee ZS Associates Employee Review

1.0
4 Oct 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The branding that they do - all the consulting dreams. Easy progress and favoritism for freshers.

Cons

-Little or no onsite travel. Even if you're promised at the interviews. When you join here and ask for it... "you kidding? we dont do that kinda thing!" -Laterals are treated as freshers with experience. Paid as much as freshers. While they end up doing most of the work. -No real training for the freshers. Everything you learn, you learn on the job. -NEO for the laterals is generally delayed, completely fake, and tells you the competency model which is nothing but 44 reasons to not to give you a promotion/pay hike. -The system is not in place for anything - promotions / onsite travel / appreciations / team work : Even to resign you need to send an email - which is culture shock for anybody coming from more established orgs. -And they don't care why you quit. -The pay package may seem inviting, from an outsider point of view, it may seem like a 100% hike but be sure to read between the lines. You're not gonna get most of it as the bonuses are again false promises.

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