Account Executive - Account Executive Gartner Employee Review

2.0
16 Feb 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Good training, smart people, great products, decent pay if you are able to meet objectives

Cons

not the caliber of management one would expect considering how exclusive Gartner is about who they hire. Very few people are hired from outside the company into leadership roles, which perpetuates a culture that is robotic. More of a cult than a culture. The sales model is based on GEO within an account - therefore there could be multiple sales people calling into a client, often after the same budget money. This promotes bad behavior and tremendous channel conflict. Selling to the client is not nearly as hard as navigating the sales model. It is commonplace for one sales person to have a "win" and another rep take a loss at renewal. Gartner is constantly hiring - not because of growth opportunity, because of attrition.

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Pros

Great ownership culture - if you want to innovate they will give you the reins

Cons

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2.0
28 Jun 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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