Forrester reviews

2.8

35% would recommend to a friend

(1,730 total reviews)
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George F. Colony

24% approve of CEO

22% positive business outlook

Forrester has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,730 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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1.0
Jan 20, 2023

2023 - Cultural Reset

Recommend
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Pros

The people are great, the research is interesting, and co-workers push you to your intellectual boundaries. Culture is our pièce de résistance and is the key to how we retain employees. However we are currently going through the midst of a cultural revolution.

Cons

In the past few weeks: -The generous PTO plan that rewarded tenure was changed to "flexible" time off -There was an aggressive round of layoffs -Promotions and merit increases were put on hold for the second time in three years -Our highly touted "anywhere work" policy was revoked and we were told to be back in office every Tuesday and Wednesday within two weeks

1.0
Dec 18, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Direct teams are intelligent, drama free and great to work with and great worklife balance.

Cons

Extremely low compensation within sales with little if any raises even during a promotion. Near non-existent tech stack as well as random additions to quota mid-year with no warning. Executive leadership is stuck in the 90s and advertises one thing while doing another. Management pushes lying to clients/overcharging customers to close business. Basically no career growth at all and very low diversity. Leadership is headstrong on the new product changes being the way to go while we're on 2 years now of missing goals by double digits, but don't worry, they still will claim business is good. They don't even follow their own research that they put out. Leadership will randomly change policies on a whim's notice i.e. going hybrid, as well as make claims on not doing layoffs (while proceeding to do 2 waves of layoffs not even 3 months after).

1.0
Aug 31, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You’ll be hired, and then you’ll go nowhere, if you’re trying to get away from your current environment, this can be your safe haven.

Cons

Once you’re hired, you’ll go nowhere. This is coming from a 5+ year employee who has hit quota quarter after quarter. Performance does not matter. You can be in the top 1% … the company doesn’t promote from within in sales. At this moment, it’s all about product promotions. Sales and marketing are completely screwed and have been since they paused all promotions. Zero growth. Do not come here hoping to grow your career.

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