Forrester Reviews
Updated 20 Sep 2019
Found 753 reviews
"They care about work-life balance" (in 107 reviews)
"Work with smart people who enjoy being here; people who care about doing great work" (in 91 reviews)
"Can be Cambridge Centric in Decision Making (HQ)" (in 35 reviews)
"A work-life balance can be tough to reach" (in 32 reviews)
- Helpful (2)
"Excellent role and organisation"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Forrester full-time for less than a year
Pros
- Excellent exposure to senior clients at both vendors and end user organisations. - Ability as an Analyst to research some of the latest trends in the industry and have excellent colleagues, clients to work with them on. - Good benefits package including a tuition fee benefit which is unusual in the UK. - Sensible approach to work life balance and travel. - Nice office in a central London location. - Genuinely... seem to care about your future career. I have a supportive manager and team who have really helped me settle in quickly.
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- Not always joined up. Can be quite siloed. - Very stringent research methodologies and guidelines. Getting a POV out quickly is not very easy. - Business is not reaching its potential in Europe but the management and leadership have recognised this and are acting quickly to change this. - Complicated product structure. Needs to be simpler.
Advice to Management
Break down silos for our organisation. Holding us back.
Forrester2018-07-21 "Fantastic company with great culture"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Forrester full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Managers Great teams Flexibility Growth Comp & Bens Culture Chances to grow within the team Work enjoyment
Cons
It would be great to have improved systems which would help with being paperless
Forrester2019-09-20"Fantastic place to work"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Forrester full-time for more than a year
Pros
Intelligent culture. Flat org structure. Plenty of opportunity to grow. Fantastic clients and interesting projects.
Cons
Publicly owned when still small. Risk adverse as a result, as well as a highly complicated legal/audit backend which impedes speed.
Forrester2019-08-27- Helpful (4)
"Awful"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI have been working at Forrester full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
You get to learn a lot
Cons
Management hasnt got a clue and you are just a number. No compassion, no culture.
Forrester2019-09-04 "Maybe maybe not"
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I have been working at Forrester full-time for less than a year
Pros
Good bunch of people to work with on the shop floor
Cons
Some of the managers need interpersonal training
Advice to Management
Don't promise the world
Forrester2019-08-02- Helpful (13)
"Marketing is a Clique, Avoid at Any Cost"
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Doesn't RecommendNo Opinion of CEOI worked at Forrester full-time
Pros
Good salary and benefits. I worked with the best and smartest analysts around.
Cons
Forrester is a great company that I was proud to be part of, but my experience has been one of disillusionment, frustration and sincere disappointment. It is in a way a paradoxical company. They preach one thing, they act in a completely different way. At Forrester, Marketing is a clique, a very closed group in which only a few selected “friends” are allowed to participate. During 11 months, 14 people have... resigned from the Marketing team. A few complaints were made, but EX failed to understand our serious certain issues are and dismissed most claims as a lack of understanding and communication or as a disconnection. Unfortunately, there is much more than that... and they know it.
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Passion. Integrity. Respect.
Forrester2019-05-22 "Amazing culture"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Forrester full-time for less than a year
Pros
Great place to work at with an amazing culture ! People are very open and you can speak to anyone at anytime. Perform well and you will get noticed.
Cons
In some areas still quite siloed! All decision makers based in the US.
Advice to Management
Continue what you’re doing but become more agile when it comes down to decision making and process changes. Review benefits
Forrester2019-03-23- Helpful (4)
"Fun"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Forrester full-time for more than 8 years
Pros
Great colleagues, good work life balance
Cons
Too US centric Smaller offices ignore
Advice to Management
More autonomy for regions outside of the US to adapt to local markets and needs
Forrester2018-10-12 "Customers Success Manager"
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I have been working at Forrester full-time
Pros
Excellent work life balance, interesting colleagues and day to day work.
Cons
Need more focus on specific market requirements rather than Global model.
Forrester2018-09-13- Helpful (1)
"one of the best companies I have worked for"
StarStarStarStarStarRecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Forrester full-time for more than 8 years
Pros
great culture, very smart people all around you, Client relationship on eye level, highly regarded in the market
Cons
business model not agile enough for client demands, too US focussed, high turnover in Europe
Forrester2018-06-14
Forrester Response
May 29, 2019 – CMO
First, I’m sorry you had a disappointing experience at Forrester despite recognizing that this is a great company. Yes, we’ve recently faced the headwinds of attrition that can come in fits and starts, in some cases related to lack of perceived career progress. Marketing is a dynamic ...
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