Sage reviews

3.6

63% would recommend to a friend

(5,268 total reviews)
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Steve Hare

70% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Sage has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 5,268 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Sage employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.7 stars).

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1.0
Jan 5, 2016

Overpromise, underdeliver

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Work with some amazing people. Very talented and educated ground level staff. Nice new office. Name looks good on paper in some industries.

Cons

Complete lack of transparency, plan, and accountability. When interviewed, you will be promised the world and told how wonderful sage culture is. That unfortunately is not true. Wages are lower than most competitors. There is not a plan of action for how front line sales reps will deliver metrics desired (they would like you to call from a lead list, but have few/no leads). Upper management will say whatever is necessary to pacify the reps and stop a storm from getting any worst. 2. Training is abysmal, you may never actually interact with the product you sell, let alone be able to explain the intricacies to a customer. The training staff is phenomenal, but they do not have a say in what material is taught. You also do not get a copy of the software yourself, even if it is for product knowledge purposes. 3. Promises will be broken. You may be agree to a bonus only to have it taken away from you 2 weeks before Christmas. You may be told that you may operate as if it were your own business, only to be micromanaged. You're "total compensation" may say 70+ on an offer letter, but you may only be given the resources to make 50k. 9 out of 10 times it will still be your fault. despite upper management acknowledging that you have not been trained or have proper tools for your position.

1.0
Dec 10, 2015

Nice culture - bad politics

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Lovely people and a friendly culture. Great projects and a very inspiring new direction which emphasizes innovation and creativity.

Cons

Riddled with nepotism and cronyism. If you don't know anyone in power you're finished. Highly incompetent managers with no clue about leading a team.

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Sage Response
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We are disappointed you feel this way but certainly would invite you to reach out and provide additional specifics so that we may review your experience. Please contact Mulcare at 727.826.7660 to discuss further.
1.0
Nov 10, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good work life balance and benefits. Not much pressure from management for hitting sales targets and pretty lenient (may vary with manager, of course).

Cons

Sage Software is not a true technology company. They essentially acquire other software companies and re-brand as their own and manage the product line. No real changes to those products, but increase renewals by a substantial amount each year. It's 2015 and they're barely adapting to the SaaS business model which their only real cloud based product that's relevant is built by Salesforce. It is told to the employees quota is based off last FY's number +10% which is not the case. Some months you don't even get your quota until two weeks into the current sales month. Working in a net new division, you would think there would be a lot of collaboration with marketing which was not the case and in fact, very disconnected. Their mentality is, if I'm an executive, I don't speak with sales reps, only their managers. Sage's leadership team has no direction and reality to what the market is demanding. A lot of the business initiatives in the Sage 50 group were changes on the fly without much thought. A lot of the management also don't have a clue how to be competitive in the small business market space. They're only focused around the numbers and showing a growth whether or not it is in an ethical way with absolutely no business plans or road map. Politics is also a big issue within the Sage 50 organization. There is a lot of favoritism and even unprofessionalism within the Sage 50 business unit.

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Sage Response
10y
We are disappointed you feel this way but certainly would invite you to reach out and provide additional specifics so that we may review your experience. Please contact Lisa Codispoti at 949-864-7126 to discuss further.
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