Is Forrester a good company to work for?

Forrester has an overall rating of 2.8 out of 5, based on over 1,797 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months. 35% of employees would recommend working at Forrester to a friend and 22% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Forrester have been left by employees working as Senior Consultant , Customer Success Manager and Researcher .

Does Forrester pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Forrester employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Forrester. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Forrester?

35% of Forrester employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Forrester 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.0 for culture and values and 2.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Forrester?

Account Manager (122) , Sales (56) , Analyst (55) , Research Associate (49) , Consultant (48) , Account Executive (44) , Senior Analyst (34) , Customer Success Manager (33) , Principal Analyst (33) , Manager (26) , Senior Account Manager (26) , Account Director (23) , Researcher (20) , Associate Consultant (17) , Senior Consultant (16)

What are the pros of working at Forrester according to real employee reviews?

"Forrester has great people and the mid senior level downward who are truly a pleasurer to work with." ((in 308 reviews)); "work life balance is great" ((in 128 reviews)); "Your colleagues are smart and your ideas are challenged" ((in 128 reviews)); "Forrester offers good benefits and anywhere work" ((in 98 reviews)); "peers and low level managers are great" ((in 55 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Forrester according to real employee reviews?

"Pay is low compared to competitors" ((in 70 reviews)); "Feels like the employees are being punished for a bad year but not the exec team for their poor management." ((in 61 reviews)); "Whereas some of the worst leaders are now in senior leadership roles apparently because they manage up very well." ((in 49 reviews)); "Recent layoffs are disheartening but understandable." ((in 46 reviews)); "Low salary and" ((in 38 reviews))

What are employees saying about Forrester layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Forrester layoffs and their outlook for job security at Forrester in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Forrester locations?

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Forrester reviews

2.8

35% would recommend to a friend

(1,730 total reviews)

George F. Colony

24% approve of CEO

22% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.0

Culture & values

3.0

Diversity & inclusion

2.6

Compensation and benefits

2.6

Career opportunities

2.3

Senior management

Forrester has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,730 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Forrester employee rating is 20% below average for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.5 stars).

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Reviews by job title

2K reviews

4.0

Feb 8, 2009

Forrester - work hard play hard

Principal analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The best reasons are: the ability to build your personal brand; work with some of the brightest people on your industry; a fun loving culture; and great post Forrester job opportunities.

Cons

The high risk of burn out; micro-management; and a convoluted org structure that makes internal navigation challenging. Forrester should focus on expanding the core offering to other functions and supporting the analyst to avoid burnout. While analyst are the core product they are also overloaded with tasks which require supporting some sub-competent personnel in other departments like sales, marketing and management.

3.0

Feb 1, 2009

nice place to start

Research associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

the people you work with the opportunities to learn. being part of research teams help you get a good understanding of IT topics, work with senior analysts can boost your understanding of the industry. good place to hone quantitative and qualitative skills. client work can give you visibility outside your company

Cons

juniors spend a lot of time with powerpoint and excel doing repetitive work. some task flow inefficiencies in the document production makes it long and tedious for juniors. your manager can be located in another office and can change quite frequently making the relationship difficult. long hours during peak times (end of quarters)

3.0

Jan 20, 2009

Rough place to work at (little respect for people, very low salaries for anyone not a researcher or sales rep).

Program manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

A great place for keeping abreast of emerging business technologies.

Cons

If you're not a Sales rep or an Analyst, you're a human commodity, interchangeable at any moment.

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