Q&A With Gartner Employees

Hit rock bottom. Fear and uncertainty when the next layoff rolls in.

great

Middle of the road. Huge acquisition of CEB is causing some concerns.

Treat employees with respect. Don't treat them like eight-year olds.

no changes

More openness from the bottom up

Some managers don't care others frown on taking time off.

20 PTO days for 1st 2 years plus 9 holidays

industry standard or above.

Yes, many

Yes, primarily in sales or consulting

Yes, there are job openings in India

Up to six months; sometimes more. They also retract offers. Not often, but I happens.

Hiring process took 1-2 months, from the time application was submitted online, until offer.

2 to 4 weeks

Mostly a bunch of prima donnas who believe they are the masters of technology innovation and can revolutionize "their" industries by sheer willpower.

They are my work family

Smart, hardworking senior level people

It's a learning culture and it's fun. You get to interact with lots of smart individuals.

All about achievement

The usual: Health insurance, employee stock purchase plan (no longer worth it)

Working from home, never go to an office.

I enjoy going into the office and doing my job everyday.

Moderately happy

what challenge, things get repetitive after a while.

very challenged

Very challenging environment.

Zero confidence. They lay off people at will, regardless of performance.

extremely secure

Moderate

comes in waves - some weeks are hectic, others aren't. Impossible to predict.

fast paced

Fast.

Once a year. 1.5% is a good raise these days.

Varies

annually, varies depending on promotion or just raise. Standard seems to be 3-5% promotions much larger.

Easy if you work from home.

not difficult

not hard

The usual - health insurance, etc. Nothing unique.

several

nothing too unique but does all the big things right; HC, 401k etc. They do offer 15 days of subsidized childcare for employees and 250 cash for incentive to stay healthy.

some diversity

Gartner prides itself on diversity, its very strong.

In the Fort Myers office, it is relatively diverse.

cubicle environment

Cubes, but its a heavy WFH environment

In Fort Myers, there are cubicle rows that feature everything from basketball goals to nerf guns. It's typically relatively quiet but is a unique and fun environment.

Wonderful leadership: engaging and empowering.

Clear concise objectives

friendly and helpful, collaborative

Collaborative

Intelligent people with positive attitudes.

Fertility benefits for women

Work from home

Very flexible. The biggest advantage being an employee.

In Research Business Operations, we're pretty flexible. Much of the team works in various locations (remote), so we interact virtually a lot. Most of us get to work from home a couple of days per week. Traffic is really bad in CT, so there's also an understanding and flexibility for arrival and departure time.

Promoting yes men and backing up their decision with fake metrics.

Based on exceeding goals

Not much going on. Managers communicate that everything is hunky-dory. At the end of the year they present you a 50 point list with all the things you did wrong throughout the year.

It's a coaching environment so you are receiving constant feedback

Use a lot of buzzwords. I attended interviews, that that's what managers are looking for. The more jargon the better.

Do your research and make sure you understand what Gartner does.

Grueling and totally unrelated to the real job requirements.

Gartner has a great process and questions are behavioral based