Overworked, Expected to Drink the Kool-Aid - Principal Researcher Gartner Employee Review

2.0
Sep 30, 2025
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Pros

Reasonable salary, “allowed” to flex hours, good benefits

Cons

Lots of hierarchical red tape, ideas are only valued by those with tenure, the work is very very boring, managers are micro-managey, research is not well-substantiated (and the data is often fudged), no clear path for promotion, slow shifts to RTO mean internal moves are impossible if not living within commutable office distance, upper management doesn’t know what they’re doing which means confusion abounds, hustle culture is exhausting (and for what?), threats of layoffs constantly loom, management unwilling to listen to ideas, I could go on and on.

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Cons

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Cons

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