Consulting - Senior Consultant Gartner Employee Review

2.0
27 Mar 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Potential for advancement, respected organization, good benefits

Cons

Have to curry favor with the right people to get ahead, lip service to work/life balance. You'll get tons of PTO, but if you're in Consulting you'll get penalized if you take it. The only thing anyone cares about is your utilization (percentage of hours billable to client projects), and it's calculated with a denominator of 2080 hours. If you take any time off, you have to "make it up" before or after, otherwise you'll have no shot of hitting your target. Why give me 35 days of PTO each year if I can't possibly use it without losing my job as a result?

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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.

4.0
14 Jun 2026
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Pros

Being a globally recognized company makes it easy to consistently engage clients. Great benefits. Amazing people (managers and colleagues) For the most part there is a clear path to success and promotions. Executives listen to feedback after every internal call to help guide strategy.

Cons

In office mandate increasing in office days from once a month to once a week. Need to live in Florida or Texas because of the in office mandate. Promotions take a while since there are many people going for the same roles. Hard to reach clients and constant territory’s shifting makes it difficult to achieve the numbers you and management expect.

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