Gartner Reviews

Pros

I cannot commend Gartner enough for their overall transparency, especially in their stand against racism and inequality during such troubling times. They're also a very stable company, pay out their bonuses as promised and take measures to prevent loss of jobs. Overall, they're very transparent on where they're taking the company, which is appreciated. The people are also super great. Extremely good benefits and I love the PTO.

Cons

Generally speaking, it's disappointing how they've planned to keep employees motivated and prevent burn out during Covid. They have all this research about how to address this, but they do not hold managers accountable for it. Communication between managers and recruiters about how to get promoted is abysmal. You really have to bust your butt for years to get any kind of promotion or recognition; making the day to day work you do seem unappreciated, unnoticed, and unrewarded. They're not a software company, so I don't think they have a strong grasp on the need to keep technical talent and good technical recruiters. There are multiple recruiting program teams to support recruiters, but ultimately they seem unuseful as it's up to the recruiter do most of the heavy lifting for anything like sponsoring events, etc. (again, fine, but why have them as a partner?) Recruiting tools and internal systems are very clunky. They also seem to make recruiting decision without thought to the impact of current teams or have a well-thought out plan to make sure changes don't have negative repercussions.

Pros

Overall, it is a really great company to work for! I feel that everyone really strives to do the right thing. You will be working among the most intelligent people. A lot of progress has been made in the D&I space in the last 2-3 years. Gartner weathered the storm of COVID-19 really well. You'll have unlimited opportunities to learn.

Cons

Depending on a team, the dynamic might be different (as in every company). A lot depend on the senior leadership, which at large, forms the culture but is not as diverse as the company as a whole is. Hence, there's sometimes a disconnect between the associate population and leadership. There's no formal mechanism to get associates' feedback and incorporate it (no company-wide surveys for example). Some teams are very lean so at times feels like you're doing five jobs in one role. Covid-19 showed that we are productive having flexibility. I am not certain that leadership fully embraces it and my concern is that we will go back to a stiff in-person corporate environment, especially in the Stamford office.

Pros

- Great sales training program - Get to work with C-Levels from different organizations - Pay can be good if you're book of business is good - Business acumen will grow leaps and bounds here - Office was a fun place to be - Easy to get the support you need to succeed - Access to the worlds best research - Get to learn a lot about business from both clients and analysts - Challenger sales model - Winner Circle

Cons

- Your success at Gartner is often dictated based on what book of business you get - Sometimes can feel like you're just a person with a forecast number attached to you - Leadership comes in all different styles - You can feel it in the air when the VPs aren't happy (RVPs/AVPs) - Recognition sometimes can be hard to come by - All home grown tools (No CRM, LISN, SaleLoft, etc) - Prospecting with low amounts of NNs - Can move up in "title" but be in the same channel forever - No one to help you move out of the channel unless its for a sales position - Easy to get a higher paying job outside the company then within the company (can be a pro depending how you look at it) - After 2 years you'll get burnt out working with the same accounts - Don't really have remote culture figured out - Location!! Fort Myers gets old real fast

Pros

Name brand makes it easy to get meetings Product is valuable Easy to hit quota even if you are below average at sales

Cons

Below market pay Commission plan is not that good you can get better plans at startups yet they wave an 87% retention rate around 401k match is low max out is lower Health insurance is built for single/young people Family leave is the legal bare minimum Training/onboarding is a confused mess A custom clunky unused CRM (this is not a joke) they are a 4.5 billion dollar company and they donot have salesforce.com or hubspot nothing. You have to manage your pipeline and leads in excel and use your outlook calendar to keep track of opportunities/leads. No call/meeting notes on previous meetings exist make sure you are good at keeping files and you might save yourself a few hours each week trying to find things. This company is cheap and it shows.

Pros

Gartner has a great company culture revolved around collaborating with your team and making sure you are best prepared for role. It is a great company to work for right out of college as many of your peers understand your situation and are most likely also grads. The benefits are good, PTO is good, and it does feel like your co-workers are your friends.

Cons

Gartner's company decisions are made very quickly and with minimal level of transparency. During covid it was a waiting game to see if we still had jobs, what relocation and other areas would look like. I'd say this is the company's biggest con is being honest with work-happenings. However, I would say they are not shady and do right by their employees, it is just a matter of having to wait till the decision rolls out. Additionally, they promote diversity but it is a very cis-white male environment with minimal POC and women in leadership positions. I wouldn't say it is horrible or not-doable but it is something I've noticed and expected to be different.

Pros

Decent salaries, benefits, time off, flexibility. Access to research is great. Fantastic hiring experience.

Cons

- Lack of diversity (particularly at the top), and overall lack of commitment to inclusion and diversity. - Zero interest in best practices - strong bias for creating new, customized solutions, creating scalability issues. - Many of those who get promoted tend to be pretty terrible and nasty to their teams and organizations, but "they get results." Many of these individuals wouldn't be good role models as decent human beings - in fact, they're quite the opposite. - Myopic view of how good businesses are run. - Loads of competition throughout middle management fuels bad culture. - Lack of infrastructure given company's size and maturity.