Gartner Employee Reviews for Client Partner

"Working at Gartner, Inc. was a very disappointing experience."

What do you like about working at Gartner?

"They had a gym and a great cafe. There was plenty of PTO but I often found myself having to work on vacation. There health benefits are mediocre. Gartner is a great name to have on my resume so it served its purpose."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Don't bother interviewing for the Client Partner role if you have help any other professional positions in the past. This is a position best suited for someone right out of college or for someone who is not the bread-winner in the household."

What don't you like about working at Gartner?

"Very paternalistic culture. A lot of members in the Client Partner group in Fort Myers cheat to meet the outrageous metrics. Management cannot be trusted - they take credit for your success and throw you under the bus for failures. It is VERY difficult to make money in the Client Partner Group (DO NOT believe what the recruiters in Fort Myers tell you) and it can be 22 months before you are eligible to be promoted from an Associated Client Partner to a Client Partner. There is VERY limited room for growth in Fort Myers and a very high rate of turnover. Local business owners outside of Gartner have expressed to me that they think twice before hiring former Gartner employees because of the back-stabbing culture that is predominant in the Fort Myers location."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Weed out the bad Area VPs and Area Managers. Do an in-depth analysis of why there is a high rate of turnover in such a prestigious company. If you are only hiring the best, then how can there be such a high rate of turnover It also may be a good idea to ask HR not to fraternize with management - this clearly creates a conflict of interest. Another suggestion may be to create some type of consistency within the policies. In other words, favoritism is a problem here."