Pros
(From an HT perspective) Majority of the people working at Gartner understand the value of having it on your resume. I also enjoyed my teammates who made working here much better then it would have been otherwise. Very rarely do you run into competition in sales cycles. You are selling to start ups, which is cool to tell your friends. Good benefits.
Cons
- First and foremost, three people in my sales academy were fired before they even hit the floor because they weren't a "culture fit" after moving across the country. - Gartner values feedback, they just don't take it themselves. - You are going to micro managed in a metric heavy environment by a manager who has never managed before. - Sales territories are smaller then ever, like another poster said you get a few letters of one state split between 8 people. -Limitless opportunities for those who last (the average tenure at Gartner is 7 months..very few people even make it the two years needed to get promoted.) - Gartner is not a start up, its a massive company and you are just a number looking to hit a number. Just this year we canceled the holiday party because corporate said so. - Unethical sales practices. You need to lie to your prospects/clients to keep up with everyone else. - Fort Myers is a very boring place to live, it's a retirement area filled with 55+ people. - This is a cubicle, call center job. You are at your desk staring at a computer all day.