Forrester Research Reviews

Pros

The people are really cool
Most of the time there was work to do
Just moved to a new location (Alewife) which is pretty nice
Young and good looking co workers
Management is easy going about time off and vacation

Cons

Sometimes work is slow
The commute to the new location (you have to walk through a dirt path)
Did not see a lot of potential for vertical movement

Advice to Senior Management

I cant really think of anything, but if I had to say one thing maybe it would be to provide more responsibility (harder tasks)

Pros

Good peole, environment.
Possibility to evolve quickly if you proove that you are able to.
Definitely a good atmosphere there.

Cons

Thereis not so much, just when it comes to salary, compensation, they are talking about equity but not really apllying that for them, so just need to look after that.

Advice to Senior Management

keep the good spirit bof the company by recruiting good manager. with real team spirit and make sure that they will communicate something to their team, creating synergy

Pros

Highly engaged, smart, and motivated colleagues who genuinely care about the company and clients.

Cons

Ups and downs of org design and infrastructure internally.

Advice to Senior Management

Act on the research to practice what you preach

Pros

Growth, challenge, networking, client base

Cons

Individual performance is diluted by the fact that goals are heavily team performance impacted, and the 'matrix' concept is a tremendous dis-incentive.,

Advice to Senior Management

Growth in the past 4 years has outpaced management's progress in evolving the resourcing and performance measurement criteria. The leadership needs to upgrade and update their thinking.

Pros

This is a great company to work for. The people are very smart and the work is very engaging. Senior management has a solid foundation and direction of where they would like to take the company.

Cons

I don't really have too many complaints about working at Forrester Research. I have had some stressful days due to workload but not because I didn't like where I was going to work.

Pros

Smart people, especially in research
Great strategic topics to work with clients
Relatively strong brand in the market

Cons

Socialist mentality; only top management is well paid
Childish executive team; too much rah-rah instead of substance
Slow moving and relatively little employee-driven innovation

Advice to Senior Management

If you want to push people hard, then you need to share more of the wealth with them.

Pros

* Exciting subjects to work on
* Flexibility

Cons

Unrealistic growth expectations of management
Overworked analysts

Pros

Forrester suits me; their culture, the people and the opportunity to stretch my mind on a regular basis make it the ideal place to work. Goals are achievable and the pay scale benefits those that overachieve; if you're not happy with the comp. plan it's probably because you are not closing business but that is true anywhere you work.

Cons

At times, middle management can forget that they too were once in your role. There is some serious drinking of the kool aid taking place in the training between when they were a sales rep. to when they become a sales manager.

Advice to Senior Management

Remember, even great research still needs great people to sell it!

Pros

There is a good work life ballance that I don't think a lot of other comapnies have.

Cons

It seems difficult to advance your career.

Advice to Senior Management

More clearly defined paths for non-analysts or sales.

Pros

The camaraderie and the intense intellectual challenge are the best parts about Forrester. The culture and processes really hone your business acumen, critical thinking, and strategic view of industry and technology.

Cons

Cambridge is the center of the universe, and if you're not there, you have to work twice as hard to stay involved in decisions.

Advice to Senior Management

Keeping focus on information technology, rather than on other emerging areas, means that the firm has lost its innovative edge. The world has moved on, and IT is no longer a strategic differentiator. Nicholas Carr is right.