Sage reviews

3.6

64% would recommend to a friend

(5,281 total reviews)
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Steve Hare

70% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

Sage has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 5,281 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
Jul 5, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- If you like a stable income without much hassle, this is the job. Think union. - Flexible with work hours. - Telecommuting options. - 9-5 job and good work/life balance. Work is left at work. - Standard benefits like medical, dental and RRSP contributions

Cons

- Direct line-management has absolutely no clue what is going on technologically. - Many, if not all Sage products need a rewrite but talent pool is thin and limits the company to do the right thing. - The culture is very odd. 90% of the team (of 40+ people) I worked for has been there for 10+ years. It is not necessarily a bad thing but the culture feels like a union setting where people tried to do the minimum to get by. There is not enough caring into the work and holding people who wants change held back. - These developers mentioned are also driven by the outdated technological vision laid out by the architects and line-managers. Meaning you will get frustrated with resistance for change for the better. When there is change, I can feel my hair grow. - Never got an exit interview to share and express my list of ideas for improving the company. (I voluntarily left and being not let go because of just cause why no exit interview?.) Very disappointed with the HR (hiring and exit) process. - No-fun culture. The company invest very little into the social events. This causes morale to be low. (One of the last Christmas party was a 300+ people potluck. Foo-bar me! Lame!). I am ashamed to be part of the company when I go through some events like this.

2.0
Sep 29, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

*Recruiting actually recruits quality individuals and co-workers who are passionate individuals *Benefits package is good (if you can actually get a full time position and as long as you never have to go on disability) *Work usually doesn't translate into work that needs to be taken out of office to complete

Cons

*Absolutely zero communication between management and employees - changes are made and the front line employees are never informed about them *Career advancement is impossible - management hires their friends and buddies to fill vacant positions and career development is no longer encouraged *Training is non existent *If you are a commissioned employee and do too well, they look for ways to diminish your pay after the fact *Pay in general has been reduced across the board and each individual's responsibility increased *Current management blames previous management for the sub-par work environment which is now currently enjoyed, yet employees and company were happy and thriving under previous leadership *The company has no market strategy and does not understand it's customers' businesses or it's marketplace. Senior Management tries to dictate to it's customers what the marketplace should be and what their business needs are without actually listening to it's customers and front line employees who are the ones who actually interact with it's customers

2.0
Jul 29, 2009

Lack Of Inspiration Every Day

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

They do not bother you too much about missed quota and missed forecast or numbers because you are waiting on the channel. It is understood that we cant do much about the resellers failures.

Cons

Sage is not about selling capability but rather ducking for cover and staring for long hours at your environment and surfing the net. Since the executive team never succeeded in growing a company, selling or anything like that motivation is hard to come by. Sadly this means you have a culture of brown nosing in place instead of culture of nurturing talent. This gives you little inspiration.

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