Have you heard about layoffs in smaller, non-Big4/MBB consulting firms? I heard ZS.

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ZS has never had a layoff in the history of the firm and as far as I know there aren't any going on right now. Last year we had some pretty good grown numbers and they've been able to costs in other places so not sure what you've been hearing

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Growth* and cut costs*

There have been a few due to performance related issues. However, it was not in a large scale.

That's not how ZS does it - there are no mass layoffs, no rating scales that you have no influence on, none of that...

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