Thoughts on ZS vs Deloitte for Life Sciences / Health Care? Pros and cons of each firm? How does prestige and exit opps differ?

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Not to sound too much like an advertisement, but ZS offers unparalleled breadth and depth in life sciences. Regarding Market Access and Brand Planning, we have the largest Value & Access practice of any consulting firm in the world and
support countless brand plans across large, small, and emerging pharma every year.

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ZS is better in “last mile” consulting in LS. They know ops better, sales effectiveness, marketing effectiveness, and even R&D ops. I have also seen them coming up for pipeline work, which I think they probably could do well given its granular work.

Deloitte is slightly better in strategic work than ZS. Deloitte deliverables seem to be readier for senior executives. Not the same quality as BCG or McK, but better than ZS. Deloitte is also stronger with IT / Digital work.

I think their rates are roughly the same.

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It’s just my experience the past 10-12 years. I’m also leaning more towards stuff that happened 6+ years ago. Nowadays, I rarely interact with Deloitte and ZS materials directly

Personal opinion!
Do not go to Deloitte if consulting is not your forever home.
Deloitte does not position their experienced hires for success. In retrospect, the very attractive compensation package they offered blinded me in making one of the worst career decisions.
I am in a much better place now. Deloitte brand name helped, but I learnt nothing except project management and slide making at Deloitte.

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What group were you with? Can you elaborate on the issues you saw?

ZS is known for Salesforce sizing although they do a lot of other stuff (including due diligence). Deloitte on the other hand does good market access (they acquired some firm a couple of years ago) and I have worked with Deloitte digital for brand planning.

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