Good people, but there are big problems with impotent (or arrogant) upper management and disregard for line staff. - Anonymous employee Sage Employee Review

1.0
20 Oct 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Sage has an odd way off attracting in a really good bunch of people, so in general whoever you meet will be great to work with. Free fruit on Fridays.

Cons

The products are not good enough. Any feedback is completely shut down by management and if the time comes around, that your feedback is relayed directly by an angry customer etc., heads will be firmly stuck in the sand. This is certainly not how Sage will "change the way you do your accounts." Their new product, Sage live, seems to have suffered most from this attitude and is way behind where it should be, largely because of ignoring customers. Management's approach to staff is to wring them like a wet cloth. There is no culture of encouragement in sage, it's purely a "do it or else" mentality. The HR function in Sage is only in place to protect the organisation and this allows upper management to wantonly intimidate and belittle employees, with no fear of consequence. Whatever your targets are today, will likely not be what they are tomorrow. Leadership haven't a clue what to focus on and you can be sure that they won't be held accountable when things go wrong.

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5.0
28 Apr 2026
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Pros

Good benefits. Strong company. Customer focus.

Cons

Frequent Executive changes. Trimming in Engineering teams interferes with product changes.

2.0
8 Jun 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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