Forrester reviews

2.8

35% would recommend to a friend

(1,731 total reviews)
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24% approve of CEO

22% positive business outlook

Forrester has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,731 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Forrester employee rating is 20% below average for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.5 stars).

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3.0
Feb 21, 2009
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Pros

excellent networking opportunities with clients great colleagues, besides the management team very interesting research and areas of expertise

Cons

if you're not in sales or in research, your work is not recognized by top management the company thinks it's global but it is still very American. Fellow colleagues here don't have any experience in operating in a global environment. Company should teach everyone methods on how to deal with European clients or Asian clients The bonus system is not a bonus system. It's 20% of your salary and even if you perform and the company doesn't , you don't get anything Opportunities for growth and career path don't exist, it's more based on networking A very individualistic company: analysts run their business, sales too but what if you're someone else

4.0
Feb 15, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Tons of smart, interesting people. They work very hard to screen out the knuckleheads, with a lot of success.

Cons

As a researcher, you are supposed to do three general things - research/publishing, respond to client "inquiries", and deliver consulting. In theory you need to do well in all three areas. In practice, developing and delivering consulting is really the most important way to ensure you long-term survival. in fairness, it is difficult to do this without doing the other two well, but the degree to which this is the case is not as clear as it should be.

4.0
Feb 10, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

An intellectually challenging work environment with lots of learning opportunities. Great people to work with, Forrester employees tend to be really nice and friendly .

Cons

No career development path, the initiatives in this space just don't work and there's no follow up on the review systems in place.

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