Thread regarding Gartner Inc. layoffs

@dq

Yeah, the entire email is a mess, It''s environment (but they said all good during internal calls)... "we’ve reduced hiring across the company in line with our current revenue and our near-term growth aspirations." Not gonna grow this baby by much, then.

The today is challenging so let's be considerate and supportive of each other, well, we are not the ones not being considerate and supportive... who writes these things?

And his email at the end of the day to those who “made it” was similarly tone deaf and cold. Incredibly poor leadership.

Handing TA over to a failed Sales leader was an incredibly stupid decision and they’re paying the price for it now.

They ripped the soul out of what was a fun, vibrant and rewarding culture years ago.
Simple fact is Gartner OC and Sales Leadership have all been there way, way too long and have become far to comfortable. It’s stale. Giving sales the lead in TA has been a disaster.
I got out 2 years ago and have never been happier.
Sending positive thoughts to those impacted.

@cd

I was a sales recruiter at Gartner. I ended up getting a similar, more senior role at a much smaller company doing strategic sales recruiting. I disliked the culture at Gartner, but the rigor and metric-driven TA practices did help me nail my interviews for this role and now I am in a much better place with better culture!

@c4 where did you go? I want out

Glad I got out when I did. I was a recruiter and left earlier this year.

@bz

Yeah, that's the thing, they plan the layoffs in an away that they don't have to report them, and we are talking about just one group (TA), but it's been all over. Pushing you out is their favorite, feels bad.

They have been doing quiet layoffs in TA all year. This is no surprise to anyone that went through that. I feel for those that were impacted today and hope they are able to find a company that values them.

@bx

Globally. I would say about 50% US and 50% EMEA/APAC. Some were very high performers so criteria seems a little random. A few in middle management; a lot in lower level TA like sourcing, a couple of recruiters and senior recruiters. Gartner prides itself on being a very well staffed TA org that can pipeline well ahead of any hiring need and take a quality over quantity approach; that’s out the window now.

The plan is clearly to overwork everyone that’s left and have a couple more people leave voluntarily to avoid paying severance and/or having to avoid formally reporting layoffs.

@b2

It's been a week here and a week there and to on.

@bp

All US-based or other places too? Did they say slowing down recruitment in general or US only?

@bv most likely an admin, but doesn’t detract from his track record the last year

@bs to be honest, don’t know if he even wrote it.

Obert who penned that email is a former sales leader with 0 TA or HR experience. The TA function within Gartner has been an abject failure in his year or so in seat. Not surprising.

@b2 guesstimating about 10-15% globally so that’s about 50-60 people.

@ak

Remember this "may become a trend" moment?

https://www.hr-brew.com/stories/2023/02/22/cutting-leadership-pay-to-avoid-layoffs-might-become-a-trend-according-to-a-gartner-expert

anyone have numbers on how many were impacted?

@ay

They spent money buying back stock, ok, but they save money on people, curious, how is this going to deliver quality in return for what clients are asked to pay for?

@av I don't think so. I was contacted yesterday and had a scheduled interview for tomorrow. TA was impacted and sent me a message this morning stating that someone else will be reaching out. Now, will that actually happen? We will see.

Proven, tenured TA professionals & teams were eliminated whilst new hires were retained which is interesting. It is also not a coincidence that these layoffs took place on the final day of the quarter…before earnings are public.

@av potentially .. be vigilant

Can I ask you then, for job seekers, if they see an opening, it's a ghost job?

@ak

It's a privilege for you to have them, but not for them to have you, kind of thing...

@ag

"Today will be challenging for all of us. Thank you for being considerate and supportive of each other."

The last sentence is quite strange. The company is laying people off, but the people that are being layed off are supposed to be understanding of the people doing the laying off and the rest of the organization? "Tough times for everybody, y'all"

The email beforehand as a "best practice"?

Can't help but wonder, why do we keep finding it so hard to believe that this place provides advisory to so called HR leaders and CxO culture and leadership research?

Entire teams have been dissolved , leadership included. This is horrifying. Especially after a global meeting stating how we will get back to growth and it can’t be done without HR. My heart goes out to all TA that has been impacted today.

severance package is a joke compared to how long it takes to get INTO gartner.
absolutely ridiculous and devoid of empathy. shame on leadership for touting growth and stability both INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY only to conduct mass layoffs. this was not an over night decision.

What a clown show of an organization. I was impacted earlier this year. My heart goes out to all affected.