Great company for early-career growth if you land in the right role - Devops Engineer Sage Employee Review

4.0
Nov 12, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

The Ignite program is genuinely one of the best parts of Sage, it gives you the structure, mentorship, and guidance needed to grow early in your career. The hybrid work schedule offers a nice mix of flexibility and in-person collaboration. The people and culture are incredibly welcoming, it’s easy to network across departments if you make the effort. Compensation can be very competitive if you negotiate; pay has been fair for me, especially considering my experience level

Cons

A significant amount of time goes into planning, documentation, and status reporting, which can take away from hands-on technical work. Growth opportunities can feel limited within certain functions; the path feels very linear (Associate → Engineer → Senior), with little visibility into how to transition into management or leadership roles. Pay satisfaction seems to vary — I’ve heard from peers that it’s inconsistent depending on negotiation and team.

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Sage Response
6mo
Thank you for your detailed feedback and for recognising the value of programs like Ignite. We also note your comments on career progression and workload balance, and these will be reviewed as we continue to refine development opportunities. Please be encouraged to keep having these conversations with your manager and wider team. Keep sharing your suggestions for further improvements. Your insights are appreciated and go a long way in helping Sage become better.

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5.0
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2.0
Jun 8, 2026
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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
1d
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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