Awful management & lack of opportunities - Business Development Associate Gartner Employee Review

1.0
Apr 3, 2019
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Pros

The only pro of working for Gartner as a recent graduate is that you'll be surrounded by people your age. The happy hours are also a fun perk depending on what team your on.

Cons

Probably everything. It begins at the lack of upward mobility within SSPD and the fact that recruiters tell you "its a quick program and you can get promoted fast". This is not true, as a BDX your success is based primarily and mostly on who your BDM is, what product/team you're placed on, and whether or not your CSM actually cares about you. It's really about getting lucky, less about how hard you're working at the job.

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Cons

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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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