Sage reviews

The resemblance to the Titanic is striking - a big giant, slowly sinking with everyone on board. People jumping off in a bid to be safe whilst an orchestra plays on, trying to remain oblivious to what is happening before their very eyes. It's a great pity to see so many intelligent, hard-working people all trying to do their best in this situation. No bonuses, technology from 12 years ago, budgets cuts left, right and centre. Travel bans, hiring bans. People being fired the same day as it's "Bring your kid to work". It all goes to show how out of touch some members of Sage management team are. Morale is at an all time low - our HR team has been depleted and their jobs moved to Poland. Trying to get anything done is just a huge effort that can take MONTHs to resolve, even the simplest of things. Revolving doors mean that people either leave on their own accord after 6 months of experiencing what it's like to work here, or are seen out of the door. We've all seen people be lured in from great companies to just leave within a few months. No summer party, probably no Christmas party. All renovations of Sage Newcastle office cancelled just after they started to save budget. The impending bell curve performance system that we are being told does not exist, but managers are asked to provide figures on when rating their teams. There have been talk of there being a new rating system - but as usual this has not materialised nor timing has been given for when it will.

I cannot submit a no star review, that is the only reason there is one. Leadership appear to have no idea what is going on. Hopping from one so called innovative idea to another. We have to watch videos which show these sycophants self congratulating each other and being referred to as his “Rockstars” by the chief executive. It’s payroll software not Apple. Blame culture. A theme running through many of these reviews is people feeling they are being hounded out of their jobs which the standard response will deny. Well right now I can see this happening. Colleagues that have worked hard and have decades of knowledge and experience being undermined and questioned at every turn. People I admire for their knowledge and attitude suddenly having to qualify their every move and being treated like pariahs . Not by their direct managers but at a higher level. Putting direct managers in such a horrible position they leave. Colleagues are constantly stressed and worried every time a group meeting is called its our time for the chop. And yes I see someone has mentioned this year we have a people survey that we can write comments in. After last years survey that had loaded questions, restricted answer choices( positive, really positive or over enthusiastically positive) and the level of complaints they received about it they had to make a change or look even more foolish. Please don’t contact me to ask if I will discuss my review. We can have that conversation at my exit interview.