Vantaggi
Really bright people there. Collaboration is strong. I’ve run with the opportunities I’ve found for myself there and owner my career progression.
Svantaggi
The culture has changed significantly since the purchase of CEB. The integration did not happen as quickly as senior leadership thought and it isn’t performing to heritage standards, thus, heritage Gartner is paying for it. Promotions that are deserved take forever to put in place. As a leader, it took many jumps through hoops to get people on my team promoted. The focus on OKRs is great in concept but between that, GTM, shadow metrics, other initiatives.. the focus seems to change quite often. Campaigns are lobbied around lackluster growth or poor retention. Roles are being moved to lower cost geographies as the company is investing heavily in a COE in India.. slashing operating costs as much as they can... no holiday party... rarely any team or group outings outside the Fort Myers office or fraternity. Gartner is extremely political. The CEOs mantra of do the right thing and the results will follow doesn’t seem to really apply to the culture. You have to know the right people to be protected EVEN if you are performing. It’s still a boys club. Performance management, at least in my role, was still based off forcing a grading curve. Even though they said they aren’t, they are.. so much for pay for performance.. Culture can be cutthroat and in the end, my loyalty to the company didn’t mean anything. I was a line item in their P&L despite my +6 years of service.