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3.3

62% would recommend to a friend

(71 total reviews)

Mary Blevins

95% approve of CEO

40% positive business outlook

Zimmerman Associates has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 71 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Zimmerman Associates employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management and consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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71 reviews
2.0
18 Jul 2016

Could Be Worse

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Pros

The pros that I have experienced with ZAI is the independence that is given to employees. You will hardly see your manager or anyone from corporate. The holiday party always have free food.

Cons

Having to pay to attend the holiday party has left a sour taste in many people's mouths. Like everyone else has mentioned, ZAI does not pay well. Of course they pay according to federal guidelines based on your title aligned with the federal labor rates. The secret is that they get contracts at a very low bid, ergo, you get paid less and they increase their profits by paying you maybe 40% of what they are billing the government. Instead of explaining the low pay away by saying that they pay you the minimum wage for your title, they should look into ways to pay more especially since there is no real raises, no bonuses and the medical coverage is crazy expensive. I think the responses from corporate seem to ignore the fact that people are more informed and understand the business, they just don't like it. I did not seek ZAI out as an employer, they acquired the contract from my former employer who paid me a lot better and had very good medical coverage. Other than that, there is absolutely no room for growth I guess unless you get a kudo. I did not know that kudos resulted in rewards, I will bring this up at the next meeting so that everyone knows and not just a select few. I guess this is an example of the clique culture that others have discussed.

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Zimmerman Associates Response
9y
To address your concerns: 1. Paying for the Holiday Party – there is no charge for employees to attend the holiday party. We charge a nominal fee ($20) for a guest. The cost to ZAI for each attendee is $85+ just for the facility and food; this does not include the cost of the many quality door prizes given away to employees. 2. While we would dispute your statement that we are paying you only 40% of what is billed to the government – there are many costs to running a company that are included in what we charge a client. Your health insurance; your vacation and sick leave earning; and the cost of corporate resources to manage the company, including the HR staff that recruited and hired you, the accounting staff who process your timecard and make sure you are paid on time, and the IT staff who maintain the corporate systems that enable all of this. 3. Room for growth is absolutely available at ZAI; we have openings posted on our website, and prefer to promote from within. Receiving kudos from a client is one way in which we see an employee is going above and beyond expectations to do a good job for our customers. This type of behavior is certainly worthy of reward and recognition. We would encourage you reach out to your manager or our HR department if there is a specific concern you have that is not being addressed. Our goal is to have a team of motivated, satisfied employees who appreciate the opportunity to support our government customers.
2.0
9 Dec 2017

Hypocrisy at best

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Pros

The job is easy and the stress of it isnt high

Cons

Hypocrisy and favoritism. If one isnt a kiss up or good friend of upper management then dont believe for a second that there could be a thought of promotion. The promoted were people who are incompetent, save for a few, and who act as if it is high school and a clique. And now it is filling up with pure friends and family, so any drama that can exist is brought to everyone’s attention. Do not even try to complain about the way one manager or coworker is treating you because the moment you do and it happens to be the upper management’s friend or kiss up they will tell them what you complained about and make one feel intimidated. The worst is the eay they pick and choose who can do what and cannot. A manager was preaching about security and how we cannot let people in unless they have the clearance to enter the building and our section, however, when it seems that no one is really there lets her daughters come in and give a tour and let them sit wherever.

1.0
20 Aug 2013

Horrible pay

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Pros

No micro-managing. Left a lone for the most part

Cons

Extremely low hourly wages. High premiums for health insurance. Not many benefits. Offered position at a particular hourly wage, but changed the amount to be paid at the last minute. Almost a bait and switch.

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Zimmerman Associates Response
11y
As a Federal Government Contractor nearly all of our Library Tech positions are governed by the Service Contract Act, in which the contracting Federal Agency sets wages for certain positions. Zimmerman Associates offers robust training assistance to help employees earn advanced degrees that allow them the opportunity to apply for more advanced positions.
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