Fired a woman on maternity leave…treating people right? - Consultant ZS Associates Employee Review

2.0
Nov 7, 2025
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Pros

Money is decent and the clients are mostly good to work with.

Cons

One of the values at ZS is “Treat people right”. I watched this become laughable over the course of the time I worked there. Most egregious example: I have a friend who worked on the HR team for 18 years and was promoted shortly before going out on maternity leave. The CHRO called and fired her while she was on maternity leave, just days after bringing her baby home from the NICU - for no apparent reason. She was the most dedicated ZS employee and ZS’s biggest champion that I had ever met. The treatment she received after dedicating her entire professional life to ZS was cruel.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
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Pros

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