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"They care about work-life balance" (in 105 reviews)
"Work with smart people who enjoy being here; people who care about doing great work" (in 90 reviews)
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"The work can get consuming -- it's important to actively manage your work-life balance" (in 31 reviews)
"Senior management plays that they want to know any matter no matter how big or small that may be an issue for staff" (in 26 reviews)
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"Best culture I've experienced in my 10+ years in the business world"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Forrester full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
Amazing Culture
Tremendous Focus on Employee Experience
Innovative Mindset Throughout the Organization
Transparency Among Leadership and Colleagues
Intelligent and Thoughtful Colleagues
Challenging the Norm is Promoted and Expected
Respectful and Professional EnvironmentCons
Sometimes the rush to be innovative can cause some inefficiencies, but the company is generally very self-aware of its areas for improvement.
Advice to Management
Excellent work...this is the best culture I've experienced after 10+ years at various companies in multiple industries.
Forrester 2018-05-16 14:19 PDT Helpful (1)
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"Great place to work"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOPros
- Many intelligent people in this organisation and you can learn a lot from them
- Always surrounded by new ideas & trends, never get bored
- Great culture, great team
- Opportunity for growth
- Great reward for hard workCons
- A lot to learn
- If you do not like reading, learning and take in new ideas Forrester is not the place for you to workForrester 2017-05-10 22:20 PDTHelpful (7)
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"Give the Marketing department a miss"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at Forrester full-time
Pros
- Good place to work if you're slowing down as no thinking is required.
Cons
- No strategy, no resources
- No career development
- If you're not the CMO's favourite (this changes every other month), you don't matter
- Limited budget but heaps of expectationAdvice to Management
Take a good look at your senior management staff and cull those that just play politics
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"Manager"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at Forrester full-time
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- Exciting
- Fast paced
- ChallengingCons
- US dominated strategy
- Can be very siloedForrester 2018-02-21 17:17 PSTHelpful (4)
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"Like working in a College campus"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at Forrester full-time (More than a year)
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Good product
Smart people
Good networking
C-Level exposureCons
The office is full of in experienced people and leaders
Everything is metrics. No art in sales - Mud at a wall strategy a low close rates
Territory dependent
Service delivery is terribleAdvice to Management
Geta new CEO
Hire some real leaders with industry experienceForrester 2016-10-18 07:29 PDTHelpful (3)
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"Fantastic Place to Work"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookI have been working at Forrester full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
The people are fantastic and always willing to help.
Plenty of room for job progression and movement between offices
Great company culture
The research is really insightful and sought afterCons
Lots to learn, so you better be curious!
Forrester 2015-12-14 18:08 PSTHelpful (1)
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"Great Company to grow and learn with"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Forrester full-time (More than 5 years)
Pros
*Challenging, meaty customer problems
*Something new and different every day
*Lot of opportunities to branch out to new roles / positionsCons
*Can be Cambridge Centric in Decision Making (HQ)
Forrester 2019-02-04 14:48 PSTHelpful (4)
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"Big things ahead!"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Forrester full-time (More than 5 years)
Pros
Forrester has made many significant changes this year that position it to be a much stronger company in the future. Certainly being active on the acquisition front will (I hope) pay dividends as the company expands its offerings and addressable market, and puts more and more distance between it and Gartner. Senior leadership is also starting to get more streamlined and more effective in driving productivity. With recent strong performance, morale seems to be a in a pretty good spot, and we are ready to take on 2019 with gusto.
Cons
'Forrestering' is a time-consuming, and often exhausting, part of the job. The culture is often consensus-based and decisions are slow to come by and can take a tremendous amount of unproductive effort to push forward. Decision rights aren't always clearly understood at various levels of the org, and so things can get messy sometimes. Much of this is due (I believe) to the company still not yet operating with the structure and discipline of a larger company to which it aspires to be and is becoming.
Advice to Management
Invest in middle management. Good or bad managers are a big reason why people are staying or leaving and too often we lose good people because we had a manager that wasn't ready and wasn't able to challenge, engage and motivate our stars.
Forrester 2019-01-13 19:34 PSTHelpful (3)
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"Supportive and collaborative"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Forrester full-time (More than 5 years)
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The ecosystem is supportive, collaborative and makes the effort to be available to help. Great people who have the mutual goal of wanting Forrester to succeed. I really enjoy being part of this team-attitude at Forrester.
Cons
It's continually crazy-busy and I need to remember to take time during the days to take care of myself!
Forrester 2019-01-14 10:51 PSTHelpful (1)
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"You should work here"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Forrester full-time
Pros
the people, challenging and rewarding work, you can make a difference and there is lots to learn
Cons
The location is not the best, not a lot to do that doesn't require car or the T but they are building in the area and that will bring new places to lunch or out out after work.
Advice to Management
Keep hiring great people and keep listening to employee feedback
Forrester 2019-01-11 13:21 PST
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