More cons than pros right now - Field Sales Sage Employee Review

1.0
Mar 19, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Decent benefits, great people to work with (but that's fading fast as people leave), some passion in the partner and customer base.

Cons

No chance for career growth or promotion, really bad management (both middle and corporate), the recurring cycle of layoffs and new hiring makes it seem schizophrenic, there is outrageous discrimination to the point where there are 2 classes of employees - those that work in the new office or on the CEO's pet projects get free snacks and sodas and other perks, while the second-class staff in other product lines and offices have to pay 75-cents or more for the same soda. Sage does not value it's employees (as evidenced by the constant cycles of layoffs and hiring) - even those that think they're special and work on 'global' teams. Sage is too big to fail - it can ride it's maintenance revenues for a while and survive even without organic growth. But because of it's lack of corporate strategy and toxic employee culture, it is losing market share everywhere in the world, has great employees leaving in droves, and a management that is either too selfishly trying to save their titles or are promoting themselves on the backs of employees that are struggling and cracking under the stress. And it's products and customers are paying the price.

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5.0
Jun 5, 2026
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Pros

They will work with you and teach you everything you need to know and help you as long as you help yourself and meet kpi but they help you meet it

Cons

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2.0
Jun 8, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

was hired as remote and get to have that honored, but have been openly told no career progression because of remote status. decent pay

Cons

Leadership instability: Seven manager changes during my relatively short tenure. Unrealistic targets: A sales quota set at 1,100% growth (not a typo). Slow product development: Getting anything actioned on the product side takes far too long. Product management turnover: Three product manager changes, resulting in no meaningful deliverables in over three years. Misaligned hiring priorities: Greater emphasis on DEI optics than on hiring people positioned to drive growth. Internal vs. customer focus: More energy spent on internal events than on product enhancements. Lack of accountability (the biggest issue): No one takes ownership. Responsibility gets passed around constantly — for example, client cancellations going unprocessed because they impact someone's numbers. Managers have openly encouraged pushing the work onto someone else rather than handling it.

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Sage Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We’re sorry to hear about the challenges you’ve described around leadership continuity, targets, growth, and ways of working. We recognise the impact that stability, clear accountability, and achievable goals can have on the day-to-day experience of our colleagues, particularly within sales and customer-facing roles. We shall share your feedback with leaders for their visibility as we continue to evolve how we support our teams to truly thrive at work. If you have any additional insights to share, please leave us more feedback via our internal Always Listening forum or through your manager. Thank you again for sharing your perspective.
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