No values - Associate Consultant Forrester Employee Review

1.0
25 Jul 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Forrester produces phenomenal research and has fantastic analysts.

Cons

The executive team reads/implements none of its own research. They preach all kinds of values and pep rally the staff but don't stand behind any of it or back it up with action. The entire business has been reorganized around one singular goal: pleasing investors. That meant building an unpopular product, turning away customers, mass layoffs every year I've been here, etc. There are clear actions our research recommends to fix the business but our leadership isn't interested. They prefer to make decisions off of "gut feeling" instead of data and research.

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1.0
27 May 2026
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Pros

I’m sorry to say, none.

Cons

The way the RA role is postured is dishonest and takes advantage of young professionals looking for research exposure. The title of the role, the fact that they ask for data experience and “excellent academic standing” and the early interview process lead you to believe that you will be engaging actively with and supporting the research. Once hired, it becomes clear that the role is purely administrative and you are there to push paper. They promise research exposure once you “gain the trust of your analysts,” but the lack of RAs and constant layoffs mean that even if that day comes, it’s unlikely you will have time to engage with the research in a meaningful way. Further, many analysts consistently speak down to RAs and clearly have a very low opinion of them, and if not, are only culturally used to leaning on RAs for simple administrative support, so I learned quickly that the idea of an RA engaging closely with research was almost unheard of at Forrester despite what I had been told.

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