Sage reviews

3.5

63% would recommend to a friend

(5,260 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 5,260 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 Informatique industry (3.7 stars).

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2.0
Aug 9, 2018

Disconnected and Mismanaged

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Pros

You'll meet some great colleagues and there are free snacks

Cons

Upper and Senior Leadership are disconnected from 'lower' employees and even the products that they sell. There is this strange belief that the more people you throw at something the better instead of taking a moment to discover the real reason that a product, like Financials, isn't working. It's not because of the people who are selling it or the Success Coaches and Partners who are trying tirelessly to implement it...it's the product itself. If anyone from the senior leadership or the CEO himself were to follow the work that goes into the product from when it's sold until it went live they would be shocked. They only want to believe their own utopia marketing and catch phrases like that are simply not true - there is not easy about integrating a 3rd party app into Financials to make that "one-stop shop" you all keep harping on about. You can keep putting lipstick on a pig but it's still a pig. The first mass lay-off came as a shock and the management had the audacity to conduct a "fake training" while people were pulled out one by one and let go. Then the second lay-off there was NO plan to follow up with customers or partners or EVEN our colleagues in the Dublin offices. Two weeks passed with escalation calls and emails that were going to employees who were no longer there and our Dublin counterparts were wondering where we [ATL] were. All and all this is a TOXIC workplace and should be avoided until Senior Leadership figures out how to stop applying band aids and actually get in the trenches.

2.0
Jun 15, 2018

Things are going downhill

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Benefits, Holiday time, volunteering time, nice colleagues.

Cons

Archaic bell-curve employee rating process which is really an underhanded way of saving money by cutting raises and bonuses. A myopic move by management if ever there was one as morale is so low I don't know anyone who isn't looking to leave. Senior management set unrealistic targets for the sales teams and then avoid accountability when said targets aren't met. It's easier to blame/fire the lower level workers than accept responsibility. "The buck stops here" is not a plaque you'll find on Steven Kelly's, Steve Hare's or Blair Crump's desks. The spending freeze has caused innovation to grind to a halt. People have stopped asking for funding for necessary tools. Products are released without adequate testing (SL). No funding for personal development/training. Watching a Lynda video is a poor substitute.

1.0
Apr 30, 2018

Disappointed in you Sage. Do not work here.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Flexible working My team is great, and there are some brilliant people across the business Diversity and inclusion program

Cons

No continuity in staff - either pushed out, fired, or leave Poor processes, internal systems, completely disjointed Can't trust senior leadership, do not pay as promised, likely to stab you in the back to get ahead.

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As a current colleague, I am glad that you appreciate the flexibility, and our commitment to diversity and inclusion. We do this because we value our employees, and as you mentioned we have thousands of brilliant people across the business who serve and care for our customers. This includes friends and family as you mentioned. There is always room for improvement, and you left this review to voice your perspectives which is important. We encourage you to also share some of your concerns and solutions through our internal channels where you can truly make a difference.
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