Rudderless Product Leadership, zero commitment to transparency - Senior Director Engineering Sage Employee Review

1.0
29 Oct 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Some hard working individual contributors Small Business leadership is actually driven.

Cons

Never saw a company level product strategy in 4 years, CPO is ex-Microsoft but Sage isn't Microsoft. Zero clue about how OKRs are actually meant to work, absolute botched rollout. The company Values aren't worth the paper they're written on, complete paper tiger. RTO is just a mask for trying to remove long standing senior folk and backfill with enthusiastic but unprepared Grads. CEO should have retired years ago.

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Sage Response
7mo
Thank you for sharing your reflections with us. We’re glad you appreciated the value of our colleagues and the drive within our Small Business leadership. That said, we're disappointed that your experience didn’t reflect the strategic clarity and values we aim to uphold. As we move forward, we remain focused on further strengthening our product strategy, embedding OKRs more effectively, and ensuring our values are lived and felt throughout the business. We’re also committed to creating a workplace where all colleagues, regardless of tenure, feel supported and set up for success. We appreciate you leaving us a candid review and wish you all the best in your career moving forward!

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Sage Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We’re sorry to hear about the challenges you’ve described around leadership continuity, targets, growth, and ways of working. We recognise the impact that stability, clear accountability, and achievable goals can have on the day-to-day experience of our colleagues, particularly within sales and customer-facing roles. We shall share your feedback with leaders for their visibility as we continue to evolve how we support our teams to truly thrive at work. If you have any additional insights to share, please leave us more feedback via our internal Always Listening forum or through your manager. Thank you again for sharing your perspective.
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