ZS 🐠, has there been discussions around improving the slow promotion timeline? 2.5-3yrs per level seems way too slow...

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While I agree promotions here are somewhat slow, our yearly raises are usually larger than my peers at other firms when they are promoted...so if it’s higher pay vs. a diluted title at another firm? I’ll take the higher pay

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OP, 2.5 to 3 is average but high performers or extremely high performers can go faster. I went for AC to C in less than 2 and I know a bunch of folks make various jumps in 2. Not saying its not slower than average, but its not the worst and there's potential to be on the faster side.

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Was this for your internal ZS forum?

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The informal one

No ZS perspective, but I feel like consulting titles are quickly diluting as firms move toward more aggressive promotion timelines. Given the typical pay increases among levels, expecting a promotion every two years would put most people earning 200k+ super early in their career. While I know that happens, it shouldn’t be the general expectation. FAANG firms have really subverted how people view salary expectations, this app seems to be full of folks that are “woefully underpaid” even when they are making pretty darn great money. Not a reflection on you or your post, you didn’t mention money at all :) but I do think 2.5-3 years is an appropriate timeframe to learn a new role, master the skill set, and begin stretching to the next level. Value in consulting is often driven by experiences with different industries, clients, in situations, rushing that timeframe can limit the base of experience we are providing our future leaders.

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Thing are unlikely to change, ZS is quite a conservative firm in that regard.

I believe our roles are as diluted as other firms A-AC-C-M-AP-P.

I would not be surprised if they introduce new roles to make it even slower.

Agree. Very unlikely we will introduce new level. The industry average is like 5.5. We went from 5 to 6 a few years ago. Beyond 6 is outside of average and we won’t do it unless it’s maybe some specialized track - only speculating on this.

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