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3.9
78% Recommend to a Friend
ZS Associates CEO Pratap Khedkar
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3.9
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ZS Associates CEO Pratap Khedkar
Pratap Khedkar
889 Ratings
Pros
  • "steep learning curve -> growth(in 280 reviews)

  • "Great Work culture & open environment(in 450 reviews)

  • Cons
  • "Work life balance would be a con for many(in 1744 reviews)

  • "No Work life Balance especially because of Work from home(in 314 reviews)

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    1. 5.0
      Current Employee

      An Excellent company for Freshers

      3 Nov 2021 - Data Engineer in Pune
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Very good Environment and work culture

      Cons

      Work Life Balance but it depends on project to project

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    2. 4.0
      Current Employee, more than 1 year

      Great place to join as a fresher, lot to learn but the work-life balance is quite bad

      31 Jul 2021 - Operations Delivery Associate in Pune
      Recommend
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      Pros

      ZS is a great place to join as a fresher, the transition from a casual college life to a corporate world is seamless and easy at ZS. The kind of projects that ZS has is extremely diverse so there is a lot to learn and the standard of work is quite good. People are very helpful and always ready to teach so while the learning curve is steep, it is not very difficult if one is ready to put in the work. The compensation is quite good too, the salary is comfortable and the bonuses are pretty handsome. Great infrastructure and a lot of added benefits given to employees (travel to and from office, canteen services, etc.)

      Cons

      Work-life balance is quite bad. Working hours easily go to around 11 hours on a good day and can exceed to ~14 hours in times of high work pressure. This has become the norm of ZS so while Associate Principals and Principals suggest and encourage solutions to improve it, team leads don't really pay a lot of significance to it. Some teams do not make it easy to transition into other teams and areas.

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    4. 4.0
      Current Employee, more than 1 year

      A great place to work and learn, perfect for starting your career

      17 Oct 2021 - Data Science Associate in Pune
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Wide range of projects to work on. Projects in the non Healthcare projects work on state of the art algorithms and provide good opportunities for publishing your work.

      Cons

      1. Very poor work life balance 2. Many Data Scientists get pushed into projects with minimal data science requirement. 3. Most of the data science projects are understaffed. 4. Senior management from non DS background do not understand the effort and time required to experiment on big data and AI approaches

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    5. 3.0
      Current Employee, more than 1 year

      Good for either entry level or highly senior management roles

      9 Jun 2021 - Data Science Associate in Gurgaon, Haryana
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Glamorous things about working at ZS: 1. Timely pay - Your salary will be credited on time. 2. Surprise Bonuses - If the firm performance is high, you may get additional bonuses. 3. Casual Leaves - Sufficient leaves are given 4. Exposure to different tools (team dependent) - Excel, Tableau, Python, R, etc. 5. Sponsored online Courses

      Cons

      Not so glamorous things about working at ZS: 1. Suprise bonus - you'll never find an answer to why employee X got more/less. You may end up thinking it's based upon luck. 2. Redundant Work - You'll learn a lot in the initial months but soon redundancy will kick in, and switching projects takes a lot of time & effort. 3. Work-life balance - Expectations are on the higher side, but if you keep things clear from the beginning itself, you may have a good balance. But you may see some negative impact on your growth at the end of the review cycles. 4. Untimely promotions- No transparency in the process.

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      1 person found this review helpful
    6. 5.0
      Former Employee

      frgrg

      24 Aug 2021 - Anonymous Employee in Gurgaon, Haryana
      Recommend
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      Pros

      ZS has an amazingly collaborative culture, both internally (working with other ZSers) and externally (working with our clients). ... ZS provides good opportunities to learn and grow but it comes at a cost. The work hours, especially in India are horrible and the company has forgotten the meaning of Work Life balance

      Cons

      PwC scored higher in 1 area: Work-life balance. ZS Associates scored higher in 6 areas: Overall Rating, Compensation & Benefits, Senior Management, Culture & Values, % Recommend to a friend and Positive Business Outlook. Both tied in 1 area: Career Opportunities.

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    7. 4.0
      Current Employee, more than 1 year

      A pretty good firm that has quality work and talented people

      5 Apr 2021 - Data Engineer in Pune
      Recommend
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      Pros

      - Smart People and Good Managers (Mostly) - You never sit on the bench. There is always work - Good technology exposure. I have been working entirely on Big Data Stack on Cloud - The firm is doing really well in terms of revenue and they show that in bonuses and extra pays - Good and timely updates on WFH and pandemic situations

      Cons

      - Sometimes bad work life balance. You are expected to work 10 hours normally. You also have to work around 12+ hours once/twice a week depending on the phase of the project. - Some of recent hires do not show same talent like before. May be because ZS is growing faster than an ideal pace and have to hire according to requirements - Very less diversity in technical roles. 90% of the team is men

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      6 people found this review helpful
    8. 5.0
      Current Employee, more than 1 year

      It is a great company to work for! People here are very smart and helpful. Love the culture.

      10 Jul 2021 - Business Operations Associate in Pune
      Recommend
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      Pros

      1. It takes very good care of it's employees. Covid response is excellent. Has provided multiple success bonus apart from regular bonus. Gives gifts to family during diwali. 2. Growing company. Has provided 2 market corrections in last 2 years. 3. Very healthy work culture. 4. Employees are given personal coach/ PD coach to guide you and align you to the right project based on your interests. 5. You get to work with smart people. Everyone is really helpful. 6. Good learning curve and brand value. Helps you in MBA

      Cons

      Work life balance would be a con for many. But, it depends on your team. Zs is trying to come up with many initiatives to help employees have better work life balance.

      2 people found this review helpful
    9. 3.0
      Current Employee, less than 1 year

      Long Working Hours but great people

      9 Nov 2021 - Business Operations Associate in Pune
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Great people, Culture, and may get opportunity to work in onshore teams

      Cons

      Long hours job while some companies may pay you same amount of money with good work life balance if you are from Tier 1 institute

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    10. 4.0
      Former Intern, less than 1 year

      Nice opportunities to learn and grow

      8 Nov 2021 - Data Science Associate 
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Great Workplace to Learn and constantly grow. Managers and teammates are very helpful and understanding. Learning Curve is quite steep, so you'll gain lots of technical knowledge within a short duration.

      Cons

      Zero Work-Life balance. You are expected to work from 11 am to 12 at midnight, sometimes even late. Relatively lesser pay as compared to other firms in the same domain.

      1 person found this review helpful
    11. 2.0
      Former Employee, more than 1 year

      Good company if you know Hindi for Pune location

      16 Aug 2021 - Business Technology Analyst in Pune
      Recommend
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      Pros

      1. High CTC 2. Unexpected Hikes 3. Very Good Exposure to Machine Learning, Data Analysis, ETL, etc.

      Cons

      1. People in Pune always speak Hindi in project requirement and daily status calls even to people who don't no hindi, which make non hindi speaking people difficult to understand the business requirement and to survive in team. 2. Work Life Balance is not good. you may have to work on multiple projects at same time.

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