Pros
- Great work environment / offices; Just recently completed a brand new building w/ gym in Ft, Myers. - Good training program that brings new hires up to speed about the industry and Gartner Services. - Health / Dental / 401k / tuition reimbursement. - Lots of support for families / family emergencies (IMO) - Well respected name and a great company to have on your resume. - Strict hiring process: it's true what is said it is very difficult to get a job at Gartner. (4 phone interviews, 1 face-to-face that includes a presentation (self), role-play and shadowing) - If you live in South West, Florida you don't have many options to work for a Global company, so Gartner is it!
Cons
- Service offering is a little out of line with today's economy and the needs of CMO/CTO's - Ton's of TURN OVER!! (That is within the AM/Sales roles, feels a lot like copier sales.) - Very aggressive quotes for today's economy (I meet 110% of my quota, fyi), companies don't have the IT Research Budgets these days as they did in early/mid 2000's. I feel that the quota's are driven by Gartner's resent acquisitions (Burton, etc) and large "IT/Conference" spends (10+ Million). - Analysts are a pain to work with. Internal channels don't help when it comes to setting up analyst calls with clients. A lot of push back from analyst because they are over-worked, over committed. IE: An analyst is said to cover an area of technology but when asked the analyst say's they don't cover that space, WTF? - Market Share is dropping: When I worked for Gartner you are "told" that Gartner is the greatest thing sense slice bread, etc. When I got back into the work force, I came to realize and learn that Forrester is much closer than I thought.