Sabre reviews

3.7

66% would recommend to a friend

(3,017 total reviews)
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Kurt Ekert

55% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

Sabre has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 3,017 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Sabre employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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3K reviews
2.0
Jun 2, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

- Financial stability and prospects are good due to CEO Sean Menke's better investment bets. Org changes better align functions and make it easier to get things done. - Nice campus in Southlake TX - Benefits are pretty good, better vacation policy than most - Cool technology, interesting problems to solve, smart people - As a developer, nice to work at a place where the product is the software you make - Fairly liberal work-from-home policies (depending on manager)

Cons

Not fun to work here. Hard to advance. CEO Sean Menke and his leaders get business and technology strategy right but people all wrong. The sum of their EQs must be close to zero fostering a workplace where few feel safe or valued. People tend to look out for themselves. Because of this employee engagement is low, and good people are eagerly looking for opportunities outside of Sabre.

3.0
Mar 23, 2017

Sabre needs to take a good look at themselves

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good people, including your managers, your colleagues and those that work for you. Everyone works hard and is passionate, despite the constant rumors

Cons

Sabre cannot seem to get it right. They get into a periodic cycle of layoff/hire/layoff mode. We ramp up and down without a full understanding of the outside market. Revenue targets have been missed in 2016 and will be missed this year so they had to cut the full time employee population. In 2016, they got rid of most of the contractors but in January, since they did not have contractors to cut, many very good employees lost their jobs. The new CEO is gutting the employee base. I imagine there will be more hiring later this year and into 2018. Later, rinse, repeat.

2.0
Jun 23, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Above market rate pay, solid benefits, decent cafeteria. There are pockets of dedicated workers that care about their work. If you can find them, you can do excellent work.

Cons

Rudderless company, disconnected leadership, poor self-awareness. Slow to fire, and fast to hire. This leads to a culture of mediocrity and a kick-the-can mentality without any accountability. Everyone is trying to pawn work off on everyone else rather than take responsibility themselves. Leaders do not lead. An uneasy lack of clarity permeates every layer of the organization. This reinforces the silo mentality and demoralized those who truly care about their careers and want to do great work. Stay here too long, and risk becoming just like those people. Young people who want a flexible work environment beware -- the flexible days are over. It's an 8-6 desk job, not matter how far out you have to commute into the boonies. No desire to offer anything else. Sabre is the essence of Corporate: layer of bureaucracy, inconsistent application of culture ideals and company policies, and an overall feeling of a blend between "The Office" and "Groundhog Day."

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