Hit or Miss (Based on Luck) - Business Development Gartner Employee Review

1.0
Oct 3, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

-All around mostly good people to work with -Mostly WFH, only one day in office -Compensation for Wifi while working at home -Free Food in Office -Flexible Hours

Cons

-Poor Management -Unrealistic Expectations to sell such a niche product. 14 meetings a month is not standard across the board. For most sales development roles the structure is 8,10,12. Gartner’s 12,14,16 structure is a little ridiculous. Territories have been RUN THROUGH. People who want the product will respond back- not really a needed product especially at its high cost. -Luck based, if you don’t hit your expected goal you will be fired and replaced, you are easily replaced in this program. -Job security and enjoyment primarily relies on who your managers are. If you don’t have a good relationship with them you won’t go far. -In personal opinion BDR is one of the hardest jobs at the company (cold calling, emails) with C level executives yet get paid the least. -Be expected to do very monotonous work with constantly emailing and calling people using a script (gets very old) -Pay could be better -Luck also depends on territory -Very high turnover (got let go after 6 short months)

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
Jun 28, 2026
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Pros

- Great health benefits and salary - A few great colleagues - Talk a lot about inclusion but this has slowly been falling to the wayside - I have been struggling the write this for some time as I wish there were more positive things to say

Cons

- Leadership that does not see anyone or anything but themselves - The company has been imploding for a while lying to the public and the street - Killing off the research model has been the final decision that has made many decide to look elsewhere (including me) - Lay off after lay off has created a culture of fear

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