What’s the typical promotion increase at ZS Associates? Joining as an associate and was told I’d be up for promo next year to associate consultant

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You get raises every year regardless of promotion. 1yr promotions unless you have 2-3 years of relevant consulting experience is unheard of. Even with that, it’s not guaranteed.

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Thank you!

I would take any “commitment” that the recruiter said about promotion at face value and expect a regular promotion cycle (2-3 years)

It’s a new company, different way of doing things, you need to build a supporter network etc

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Yes what they’re saying is true. It is possible to get an expedited promotion from A to AC, which would be 18 months.

What I’m saying is also true: you will NOT get promoted in 12 months. It has, to my knowledge, never happened in ZS’ history.

And the 18 month promotion from A to AC is also highly, highly unlikely. Those are real statistics above - less than 3% of As were promoted to AC in 3 cycles over the past ~5 years, and I believe every single one of those were experienced hires.

You will need to be truly exceptional compared to all other Associates and show that effectively right away. Your 2nd cycle will have to be rated at the AC level for you to be promoted on the 3rd.

90-95% of people who enter in your situation are promoted in either 4 or 5 cycles. We do not make many exceptions the way that a McKinsey might; we are an extremely conservative culture with regards to promotion. Extremely.

I am currently interviewing for ZS, could anyone comment on when your year end falls? Also M1 salary range w/ MBA? Thanks in advance, just want to make sure I have additional data points.

1st year M tend to have 7-8 years or experience. We don’t care about MBAs at the manager level. Many are homegrown and many are MBAs who came as Cs who get promoted. Compensation for MBA Cs is higher than the homegrown just because of the market dynamics but it evens out at the manager level. M1 base is probably from 170- 180 k. Theoretically the bonuses get better in the second or third year as M and I have heard of huge ranges based on performance but nothing mind blowing (8-30%). M at ZS is by far the most challenging role but it’s the right of passage on the way to partner.

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