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      Warning: Sage does not pay bonuses! (Truth of #LifeatSage @Sage) - Anonymous employee Sage Employee Review

      1.0
      Dec 4, 2017
      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      There are simply no “pros” - there is a ton of fake PR about how this is a “cloud” company. Reality is it is not. As others have commented, they are forcing old customers to “upgrade” to the cloud or they cannot access their business data. And then they “count” this as a new subscriber. Just ask anyone who works in sales/customer support to verify this.

      Cons

      COMPANY BONUS POLICIES This has not been accurately described elsewhere...the company does not pay employee bonuses unless the company hits its (arbitrary) annual performance metrics. These metrics are created in way that is unclear to employees and does not reflect on their actual job performance. This is a new policy they instituted recently and it’s hard to view it any way other than not giving bonuses that were promised to employees. If you do an excellent job, you still don’t get a bonus because the company did not hit an arbitrary (aka unrealistic) “growth” target! Oh and it gets worse...the metrics used are different from the ones that they discuss in public earnings announcements. So they tell the financial markets how great the company is performing when speaking outside the company. But internally the message is that “we did not meet our targets so no bonus will be paid out.” as you can imagine, employees are beyond distraught as they have worked hard all year and done well. It’s unethical for the company to proclaim how great they are doing and then withhold bonus from their employees saying the company didn’t do that well.

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      Sage Response
      8y
      Thanks for your feedback. At Sage we have a philosophy of ‘pay for performance’ and this year more than 90% of our bonus eligible colleagues across 23 countries will receive a payment to recognise their contribution. These payments are based on their country and own personal performance, with the highest performing teams and individuals being handsomely rewarded. In addition to performance-based bonus and commission plans, we offer competitive base salaries, as well as a flexible and award-winning benefits package designed to meet the needs of our diverse workforce.

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      5.0
      Jun 5, 2026
      Account manager
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      Pros

      They will work with you and teach you everything you need to know and help you as long as you help yourself and meet kpi but they help you meet it

      Cons

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      2.0
      Jun 8, 2026
      Account executive
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      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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