Pros
- Global brand recognition as a leading research and advisory firm. - Working amongst smart, collaborative people.
Cons
Low compensation: For most roles, the base salary and overall compensation is below market value. If you’re in a sales role, your quota will continue to increase yearly without much of an adjustment to your salary + OTE. They will continue to ask more from you, expect you to achieve lofty quotas and unrealistic weekly metrics, and never give you a raise. Toxic sales leadership: The sales leaders have been here for years, so for most of them working at Forrester is all they know. They are completely out of touch, constantly micromanaging, demanding in communication, and do not care about you as a person – you’re literally treated as a number in their forecast. Not much career development: Unless you want to spend years working in the same role and hardly ever getting a pay raise, this isn’t a company where you want to grow your career. It’s a stable job, but there isn’t much upward trajectory, path for promotion, or internal mobility. The colleagues I’ve seen receive promotions or shift departments have been with those who have worked at Forrester for 5-10+ years. There are plenty of other job opportunities that would value your background and skills more than they do here. Terrible work/life balance - Leaders who disrespect boundaries: We’re finally offering unlimited PTO. However, don’t be alarmed if your manager or director messages/calls you while you’re on PTO. They seriously do not care if you’re on (medical, maternity, paternal, etc.) leave or on vacation, they will still contact you. This company and job is never going to be urgent enough to disrespect boundaries while you’re out of office. There are so many employees who are burnt out working here. If you want to reduce turnover, then you need to respect work/life balance. Lack of diversity: Majority white company – there is hardly any diversity of race, ethnic background, LGBTQIA+ representation, etc. here.
