Lack of Senior Management direction is leading to the reduced quality of client work - Consultant Gartner Employee Review

2.0
22 Sept 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Initial career development in working for one of the top market leaders with in IT. The Gartner name still holds gravitas with key company IT personnel. Gartner Consultings Benchmarking business is still well respected within the industry. There are still pockets of great talent within Gartner Consulting (UK), unfortunately however as they do not shout the loudest they often go unnoticed.

Cons

There is continual focus on personal targets at the risk of reduced quality of work - emphasis is placed upon 'billing time' and not the quality of work generated. There is a lack of strategic direction from Senior personnel whether this is Solution leads or Managing Partners. Senior management appear to be fighting against one another (obviously target led) instead of working together to grow the consulting business. Great talent often goes unnoticed. Often only those who shout the loudest reap the rewards.

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Cons

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2.0
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Pros

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Cons

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