Awful Pay and No Work Life Balance - Account Executive Gartner Employee Review

2.0
Mar 5, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

The sales training is a great refresher course or good for a rookie salesperson. That’s really the only good thing about working for this company

Cons

The pay is well below where it should be. They sell you on hopes and dreams to get you in the door and you don’t make anywhere close to what they say you will. The numbers they’re basing your OTE on are from 2 years ago when there was a tech boom. No work/life balance. You’ll grind non stop and they give you nothing in return. They email and message on Teams before and after hours and you have to grind over Christmas as well. Micromanagement. They track everything and want to know your every move. They check your emails, Teams, activity in the crm like you’ve probably never experienced Everyone who works as an AE or BD is fresh out of college so you almost feel like you’re working in a frat house. This job would be good for anyone 27 and below

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
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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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