Pros
Good people, strong support system between colleagues at peer level Some opportunities to move between teams as skillset is largely transferable Amazing travel opportunities (pre covid) and world class event delivery Good company benefits and onsite gym
Cons
Actions speak louder than words - corporate mgmt cut staff pay and benefits, before layoff of 50% of worldwide conference division, yet no cuts made by CEO and operating committee to their own $multimillion salaries to protect the staff. Multibillion $ company and publicly it's all about the people, but the reality is far different. Company has made many redundancies and offered a poor package to those in Conferences. Despite the pandemic, payouts to conference team are less than half those given to other divisions. Same for airline travel classes – the business class travel policy does not apply to anyone in conference team and you travel in coach regardless of flight time. Work/life balance is awful. Flexible working is frowned upon due to dated personal opinions by US-heavy management team. Gartner operates a ratings-based professional development approach, but promotions are often down to significant favoritism and there is no clear progression path. Goalposts change constantly, or just disappear completely.