Gartner reviews

- Intense focus on analyst metrics, tracking almost every aspect of your day - Lack of focus on the analyst as an individual with unique talents, and rather a focus on the analyst's ability to satisfy quantitative measures - Forced stack rankings based largely on quantitative metrics are how analysts are evaluated, which leads to unhealthy tension and distorted incentives - Compensation and benefits are well below industry norms, with no stock grants, very limited ESPP, and marginal annual raises.

-No Diversity --There is one kind of person that fits in well for Gartner: Male, White, Jock/Bro, Unintelligent usually. Conversations at work consist of topics high school bros talk about. Very few females or people of other races. -Management --You'll find out that Gartner is big on values. One of the values corporate tries to push on us is "unlimited potential". So, you'll see many promotions during your time at Gartner. Unfortunately, many of those promotions are not deserving. Politics play a huge role. I've seen highly qualified candidates go for management, but they didn't get the job because a Vice President didn't like them. All the while, I've seen peers of mine promoted because they are close with a VP. There is no consistency in our hiring process. -Not real sales, all about luck. --Many AE's on the floor find themselves walking into large thousand-dollar deals. For example, someone on a team closed a $110,000 deal after being live on the floor for only two weeks. How did they close that deal you ask? They closed it because their manager gave them that prospect. That prospect had been in a previous sales cycle with an AE who left the company. That previous AE did a great job showing them value of Gartner, but because the new AE had the account now, he/she got the credit and closed the deal. Unfortunately, they have been receiving praise now for months because of that deal. Typically, AE's who sell the most get promotions. So you can see how that is skewed. -Propaganda, useless company meetings --Your calendar will quickly get filled up with invites from your managers, VP's and other leadership staff. They will attempt to manage your calendar for you, all the way down to every cold-call you make. If you like reviewing every email you send with your manager, before you send it, then this company is for you. -Chained to desk and the office --Don't be fooled by all the conference rooms in the office because you can't actually go in them. Managers want you at your desks at all time during the day. If you are gone for 10 minutes, your manager is texting you asking where you are at. The VP's boast about our work-from-home policy, but those are never awarded. Vacation time during Thanksgiving and the Holiday is almost impossible, because Q4 is our biggest quarter so they require all staff to be in the office until the books close at midnight on December 31st. Goodbye New Year's Even plans. -The longer you work for them, the more you find out and the less you like it --I loved Gartner at first. I loved my managers and my VP's. It was only a matter of time until I started to despise coming to work. I found out that all the values and propaganda that our leadership pushes down your throat are only fake. If you don't jive with their system, they will let you go without helping you first.