Amazing!! - Marketing Sage Employee Review

1.0
Mar 29, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Sage is an amazing place to lose yourself in glorious mediocrity. All of the highly qualified competent employees don’t last more than a year or so. So, join up and just hang in there. Soon you will be a Director or VP. You may be doing mundane drudgery work on go nowhere products… But hey, you will be the king of all of the products nobody wants, and even fewer people can sell. Perfect for the person who feels intimidated by success or happiness. Also, we are close to the airport that 98% of the employees will never need to go to for business. One last pro, we have an amazing HR dept that can spend money to hide the poor reviews and the CEOs bad rating here. Seems like an excellent use of money, I really can’t blame them.

Cons

The list here is pretty extensive. I would recommend sorting the reviews by date and start reading. Some of the highlights if you don’t have time. Zero direction from sales/marketing all the way to engineering. Unqualified upper management. Nobody has a clue how to move forward. In fact they are in a perpetual state of analysis paralysis. As I search for a new job, I hope my next place is able to attract competent senior management. I am fairly certain our existing president of North America was given the job because the short list for applicants was short to the point of being nonexistent. There is apparently an interim CTO for North America as well that I have been told has earned the position by actually accomplishing nothing (see above). Good for him I say. Over in sales and marketing the chaos is just as bad. We do our best but really have no idea what to do next.

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3.0
Apr 15, 2026
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Pros

-Pay’s decent -Benefits are solid -The Sage Foundation feels like proper philanthropy -Some genuinely nice people -If you’re happy treating work as just a payslip and don’t mind things being a bit dull, Sage is actually quite a comfortable place to be. That stability is a real perk

Cons

-Far too many layers of middle management and general bureaucracy -The Ai push is getting a bit daft -Not especially innovative, so the work can feel quite uninspiring. I’m grateful to be employed, but if you’re after something more interesting, Sage will probably disappoint. That said, some people prefer it that way, fair enough -The office / hybrid requirements feel a bit pointless -Sage doesn’t tend to do layoffs, which is good, but it does mean there are quite a few people where you’re not entirely sure what they do. A lot of meetings, essentially. Even the positives come with trade-offs

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Sage Response
1mo
Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughtful and balanced review. We’re pleased to hear that you value your compensation and benefits, as well as the work our Foundation do, among the areas you’ve highlighted. We also recognise the points you’ve raised around bureaucracy, innovation, and the pace and focus of change. Different people are motivated by different things at work, and it’s helpful to hear honest perspectives on how our structure, processes, and priorities can impact day‑to‑day experience and engagement. Feedback like yours helps inform ongoing conversations as we continue to evolve our ways of working, use technology more meaningfully, and improve the products and experiences we create for our customers. If you’re open to sharing further insight, we encourage you to do so through our Always Listening survey. Thank you again for your openness and for being part of Sage.
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