High turnover, Micromanagement and Bad Work/Life Balance - Anonymous employee Gartner Employee Review

3.0
May 13, 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Work from home full time with option to go to the office if you want Good benefits and PTO Met some really great people working here

Cons

There's really no exaggeration with the topic of high turnover at this company because it is completely accurate. People leaving different departments has been consistent. The level of micromanagement here is ridiculous, and I wouldn't recommend it if you have a lot of external experience and truly want to grow. I think Gartner is a fine place to start your career, but not continue in it further down the road. Processes internally are outdated and the conversations of accepting "new ideas and perspectives" etc are false as things won't get approved or followed through because "that's just not how we do it here." Work/Life balance is not healthy and if you express concern, you just appear to be as "not being able to handle the culture." People who have been at the company for a bit have gotten used to it and accept it as is, yet if you are coming from a different company then you know what a proper work/life balance should be like. Actual collaboration is very rare as teams don't work together and you have others overstepping in roles, with no support or boundaries. The company has potential to do better but it seems like a very long way to go.

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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
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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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