Sage reviews

3.5

63% would recommend to a friend

(5,257 total reviews)
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Steve Hare

70% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

Sage has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 5,257 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
Dec 6, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Sage will always hit their financial targets, no matter what.

Cons

Sage continues to engage in business practices that negatively impact their employees at every turn. They continually cut employee benefits in an effort to boost financial performance perception, and they operate with the "do more with less people" mentality. They use a completely outdated process for performance management, forcing managers to have to arbitrarily score employees with "unsatisfactory and needs improvement" in order to hit the bell curve quota established by HR. Merit increases are tiny, even for high performers. Don't expect to be rewarded for your hard work in keeping their customers happy. They will continue to under-appreciate you and nit pick at you about meaningless arbitrary goals that have NOTHING to do with serving the customer.

1.0
Sep 8, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It's a paycheck and decent benefits. PTO is generous and the five volunteer days are a plus. Most of the people that work there are awesome.

Cons

Newer people with less experience are coming in making more money than current employees and a better bonus plan with minimum of 20%. Older employees are still on a 4% bonus plan and have not been given a date when it will be changed. The older employees are doing most of the work and not being rewarded. Morale is low and there are a lot of new people that do not know what they're doing and the older people are trying to correct things before it's too late. It's about to be too late because the people with the knowledge are walking out the door in droves because they do not feel valued. With the current changes in the company there is no room for advancement or growth unless you are in sales

1.0
Aug 3, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

When I started over 2 years ago, there were weekly team meetings, monthly or quarterly campus wide or company/division/country/region-wide meetings during which we heard about/discussed notable news/events/issues. We had scheduled time off the phones to work on customer projects, get help from other team members, or learn/explore skills to improve our roles. There were reasonable metrics and expectations in terms of taking time to ensure customer needs were met/exceeded. I remember more sharing, offers for help/advice, camaraderie in general. It was a pleasant and hopeful (in terms of job security/career advancement) place to work. I almost remember being proud to work there and sharing my experience and loyalty to the company/brand with nearly everyone I encountered outside. Customers would routinely sing praises to Sage, primarily based on their interactions with support.

Cons

And then it slowly began to change...the quaint and delightful meadow eroded into an oozing swampy cesspool. Middle management became MICRO management and all sense of value (for the individual contributions of employees as team members) gave way to backstabbing, malicious gossip, every-man-for-themselves as the ship ran a ground. I could go on and on about the ineptitude, but that may be immature. So back to the ship! The first wave of rats began leaving and then the next wave of sensible professionals. And for what? Changes made with the customer in mind - all for the customer, but in fact HAPPY employees is what truly delights customers (when it comes to contacting customer service/tech support). Oh sure, the numbers looked good on paper (because you cheated by creating a new queue to dump calls in), but customers were no longer being delighted. People need to work to live though, so what they are left with is those who have been beaten down and sullied and an endless wave of new recruits. I can not recall one hopeful memory or bit of good from the end of my time there...as a very talented individual/HUMAN BEING, I took my brilliant skills elsewhere (before I had a nervous breakdown or stroke because you will be pushed to the very brink!). Haha - if you are a masochist, Sage is the perfect place for you!

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