Any Big 4 to ZS folks? How was the transition? (read: is it worth a 30% raise?)

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Cannot speak from personal experience but happy to answer questions. Shocked to here 30% raise

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ZS, raise probably cause they recruited him/promotion position. Jumping around big 4, can get big raise for those reasons

Which office? Am a M and happy to talk

Bay Area. I guess my main worries would be not traveling as much (I’m one of those weird ones) and potentially doing a lot of the same kind of work in healthcare/pharma (I’m currently industry agnostic). Also, how does beach time even work with multiple clients at once?

No beach time at ZS. Travel varies by practice/project. Work will be healthcare/pharma only especially in Bay Area - just being honest

Appreciate the honest answer — my interactions with all the folks I’ve met so far point to a good (if small) group of people. It sounds like I should probably see what I can negotiate in terms of additional PTO (15 days is really low) and getting to travel at least somewhat regularly.

P2. Maybe with a promotion but that seems pretty suspicious given what I have seen in comp comparisons. OP - in SF you are likely to have less travel unless you are focused in the non-pharma work (they do have a good sized group doing non-pharma there). There are plenty of people who have moved over. I suggest you ask your contact to put you in touch with a few.

Man your HR plays hardball with salary negotiations (or I’m just terrible at it). Won’t budge an inch and still $10k under market for the location but 30% is 30% and the work sounds interesting so I might still take it.

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