Gartner reviews

Yes there are many smart analysts, but I've found that they are many more who either don't know much laterally to their core topic (their tech silo) OR they are too lazy (or afraid) to take inquiries outside of the core strength in order to protect their value rating from clients - this is very annoying to constantly be filling in the gaps in coverage - sure, it's fun, but when you know others are not doing their job, that's a problem. Just giving clients "tech" advice only on one tech silo isn't what they need to hear every single time - they need to know the lateral issues, the people, processes, other tech interactions with your core tech. Need to know and advise with a more solution mindset - horizontally (or T shaped as Gartner calls it) - clients have business problems - it's never about the technology only.

There is no equal treatment nor equal opportunity. Too many dodgy situations in business (you can be assigned accounts that have already decided to not continue with Gartner, hence you are responsible for something you haven't even influenced, and then you're left alone) that might be paid directly by the Account Executives without any responsibility nor protection by the company. Too many ad-hoc decisions, the constant different treatment even in the same team and the overall results that employees are not happy. The Business Developer role gets higher salary and treatment. It's a good sales school but not the company to work for in the long term. Salary is not aligned to the market and the location is not convenient for those who are living in the city.