Great entry level position into sales career - Account Manager Gartner Employee Review

4.0
4 Jan 2016
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Pros

Fantastic training, fast growing company, excellent team oriented and supportive atmosphere. The best thing about working at Gartner was that every person was willing to help or coach you through difficult situations. This is a company that invests a lot of time and money into their account executives, especially for the fast growing Small to Medium Size (SMB) portion of Gartner's business.

Cons

Sometimes an account executive (AE) will be placed in a disadvantageous position with little to no input from the AE, like being handed bad deals, angry or disgruntled clients who will most likely not renew their business with Gartner. Even though the brand new AE has not made any mistakes at all, he/she will still suffer the penalties of the client leaving. Additionally, Gartner is not above practicing dishonest sales tactics in order manipulate its clients into doing what Gartner wants.

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5.0
22 May 2026
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Pros

Relative to other talent competitors, Gartner does a great job in providing opportunities for growth and advancement, with associates who possess the right mindset and drive the right business outcomes advancing more quickly.

Cons

While Gartner is continuing to grow, the pace of growth has temporarily slowed in recent years due to macro-economic factors and the misperception that AI is positioned to replace the business & technology insights that Gartner provides to its clients. It's been great to see the actions being taken this year to combat this perception and further invest in AI solutions internally to empower the organization.

4.0
14 Jun 2026
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Pros

Being a globally recognized company makes it easy to consistently engage clients. Great benefits. Amazing people (managers and colleagues) For the most part there is a clear path to success and promotions. Executives listen to feedback after every internal call to help guide strategy.

Cons

In office mandate increasing in office days from once a month to once a week. Need to live in Florida or Texas because of the in office mandate. Promotions take a while since there are many people going for the same roles. Hard to reach clients and constant territory’s shifting makes it difficult to achieve the numbers you and management expect.

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