Used to be great..but not anymore - Research Analyst Gartner Employee Review

2.0
3 Jan 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Fast paced environment, great learning opportunities, chance to share thoughts and work alongside the best minds in the industry

Cons

Insatiable focus on metrics leading to stress, too much travel, poor work life balance, poor salary structure particularly for analysts, crazy and totally unrealistic expectations from analysts to travel all the time and deliver and yet take nothing away from their sales support in terms of financial benefits, performance appraisals still being done through the dreaded bell curve method..thousands of metrics to drown the analysts in numbers

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5.0
22 May 2026
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Pros

Relative to other talent competitors, Gartner does a great job in providing opportunities for growth and advancement, with associates who possess the right mindset and drive the right business outcomes advancing more quickly.

Cons

While Gartner is continuing to grow, the pace of growth has temporarily slowed in recent years due to macro-economic factors and the misperception that AI is positioned to replace the business & technology insights that Gartner provides to its clients. It's been great to see the actions being taken this year to combat this perception and further invest in AI solutions internally to empower the organization.

3.0
5 May 2026
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Pros

Terrific coworkers. Nearly everyone at the company is pleasant, professional, and willing to help you even if you’ve never met them before. Hybrid work environment. People generally seem to care about you on an individual level. One of the best corporations I’ve worked for.

Cons

Gartner is not in a great place right now. The business model requires changes and Wall Street analysts have tremendous doubts about the corporate liability in the era of AI. Stock has fallen in half over the past two years. Massive layoffs across the company. Doubt the stability is there for any kind of medium term or long-term career. Below market compensation, offset by pros above when they exist.

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