Pros
-Great Training (although you aren't flown out to the U.S like other tech companies e.g. Salesforce, SAP etc. -Gartner attracts young bright ambitious individuals, the caliber of colleagues at account executive/ A.M is stellar -Subsidized cafeteria, meals will cost around 4 pounds -High performing company, there's been double digit growth quarter on quarter for years now -If you work hard (I'll elaborate below) you can be an incredible success at a young age -Access to C-Level. Leveraging Gartner you get to talk to founders and leaders of tech companies about their ambitions and how you can support them -Exposure to elite level research on upcoming technology trends and best practices in scaling businesses -Steep learning curve and very fast paced. Each day you will be pushed and will develop. You won't be clock-watching at Gartner that's for sure -Collaborative culture. When you succeed so many people benefit i.e your recruiter, your manager, your teammates, your VP. So it's in people's best interest to see you succeed. -Good base and money to be made in accelerators, especially for a first job/ recent graduate -Paid bus from Staines station to the office and back
Cons
-With a high performance, comes high pressure. Make sure you're 100% set on sales otherwise this won't be the environment for you -How easy your life will be is significantly based on factors outside your control 1. Your Manager, 2. Your Accounts 3. Your Territory : many territories are saturated with up to 4 teams of 8 going for prospects in one country. Which doesn't sound bad until you realise you can only target company names within certain letter splits e.g. D-I -People can be fired within weeks of the training academy. -Those who do well at the start can be seen in the office at 7:30am and out the office at 7:30pm. Time goes to looking for prospects (see territory comment above) and preparing for calls. As you get better however this does reduce. There are some very bright people who "get it" right away and don't have to work the long hours but be honest with yourself if you think that will truly be you. -More tenured colleagues have the best prospects under their name and are so desensitized to new starters coming and going that they can be skeptical to help -Depending on your intake new starter churn is about 20 - 40% over the course of a year. -Your job is predominately new business. More 80 - 20% rather than the 50/50 the recruiter tells you -No prospecting CRM, most teams use excel sheets. -Very american company so only BLIND POSITIVITY IS ACCEPTED. All of the above points are completely ignored and only whispered over drinks at bars by disgruntled colleagues -Work can easily consume your life if you work here.