Excellent place to work, but can get stuck in a rut and hard to advance - Research Director Gartner Employee Review

4.0
Sep 25, 2011
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Pros

--work with really smart people --good manager who knew how to team build remote/virtual teams and keep lines of communications open --knew what was expected of me --good work/life balance --great flexibility --opportunity to make an impact on clients

Cons

--requirements to continually update stats on quarterly basis can be boring over the course of a ten+year career --too many "chiefs", not enough indians" in that there are lots of high level titles, but by simply not enough lower level staff. By employing a few more entry-level people to take the burden of the "grunt" work off of VPand Research Director levels, one could probably have been much more productive --obsession with metrics started to get out of control in 2009, I understand it's even worse now

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5.0
May 30, 2026
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Pros

Great ownership culture - if you want to innovate they will give you the reins

Cons

Data quality / consistency of engineering trams

4.0
Jun 14, 2026
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Pros

Being a globally recognized company makes it easy to consistently engage clients. Great benefits. Amazing people (managers and colleagues) For the most part there is a clear path to success and promotions. Executives listen to feedback after every internal call to help guide strategy.

Cons

In office mandate increasing in office days from once a month to once a week. Need to live in Florida or Texas because of the in office mandate. Promotions take a while since there are many people going for the same roles. Hard to reach clients and constant territory’s shifting makes it difficult to achieve the numbers you and management expect.

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