Asked this in Consulting bowl too, but might be better suited here.
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I had an offer from PWC and Deloitte. The M at Deloitte is the C at ZS - delivery lead without a sales target. The SM and M is similar. The targets are the same for both Deloitte SM and ZS M (ex: about 3m year 1 between sold and managed revenue). ZS AP is essentially a non equity partner for future election to equity partner at a later time.
Yeah ZS notoriously downlevels people. PHDs own years experiences enter as Associate Consultant
As someone who has worked at both firms, this is 100% accurate. SM at Deloitte = M at ZS. I wish we could align our talent model to the rest of the industry, but it is what it is.
How does comp differ between both?
ZS doesn’t have as many steps to AP as junior P in Del/Mon from my understanding
So what did OP decide on?
ZS AP Comp? How does the buy-in for equity partner impact AP vs P comp?