A good place to work - Vice President Gartner Employee Review

4.0
Aug 21, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Gartner offers talented people enormous opportunity for professional and career development, but it’s not for shrinking violets. You have to be a self-starter and accept responsibility for your own career, be comfortable operating without boundaries and be a great team player. In return, you get the opportunity to work with some of the brightest people in the industry every working day and have clients that respect you and say thank you.

Cons

Gartner’s senior management is of variable quality and not particularly sophisticated.

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5.0
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Opportunity for quick growth, great work/life balance.

Cons

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2.0
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Pros

Remote work and great benefits

Cons

Compensation consistently lags behind market standards, and the culture suffers from entrenched favoritism that undermines any sense of meritocracy. Certain managers routinely elevate friends they’ve brought into the organization, creating an inner circle dynamic that erodes trust and team cohesion. Decision‑making often feels politically driven rather than performance‑driven, and it shows in how accounts are assigned and supported. There is a noticeable lack of operational understanding at the middle‑management level, particularly around how to structure books of business that give reps a fair shot at success. The result is predictable: widespread underperformance, constant turnover, and a region where hitting quota has become the exception rather than the norm.

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