Work/Life Balance

ZS realizes that our employees are juggling work commitments with efforts to create fulfilling personal lives. To help maintain a balance between employees' personal and professional lives, we encourage:

Travel for the Right Reasons

In our North American offices, our intelligent-travel philosophy encourages travel to the client site when our presence will add value or help our analysis. Travel varies by industry and project; depending on an individual's situation and the firm's needs, project staffing with less travel can be arranged.

In our European offices, more of the work is international, so more travel should be expected.

In Asia, our Shanghai and Tokyo offices serve local clients, and our intelligent-travel philosophy also applies. 

Our offices in India serve as delivery centers working with global teams, so most travel is to a ZS office to interact with colleagues and clients.

Recognizing Unique Situations

ZS has worked proactively with successful individuals to arrange part-time schedules and flexible office hours. Consulting is an industry in which clients pay a premium for our immediate attention and time. Therefore, it is difficult to accommodate arrangements that limit people’s availability—either in terms of proximity or time. However, we recognize that circumstances sometimes arise for individuals when such accommodation is necessary. At ZS, these arrangements are more often temporary in nature, rather than a permanent change in position or career path.