Fleeing a sinking ship - Anonymous employee Sage Employee Review

1.0
16 Jul 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

For the most part, great people to work with Nice facilities and building if a little run-down Good benefits Parking

Cons

Constant, directionless restructuring Management is made up of lifers who promote their friends, or short term tenures that leave quickly when they realise the mess they've joined i.e jaqueline de rojas (have a google). Progression in R&D an IT is a joke Mass exodus of experienced team leads and technical staff

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Sage Response
8y
Thanks for your review. We'd agree that we have awesome colleagues and the facilities across the Sage portfolio are brilliant and it seems every month we open a newly refurbished office which our people love! Our rewards team work hard to ensure our pay, rewards and benefits are good as well. Our transformation is about creating an all-encompassing 'One Sage' and we are pleased to say there's been a lot of progress and the effects are having strong positive outcomes. Our CEO, Stephen Kelly and his Leadership Team have developed a great strategy and a strong vision to energize the success of businesses and communities around the world through the imagination of our people and smart technology. The restructuring allows collaboration like we've never had before at Sage, how we live our values, and how we flawlessly execute to put our customers first. The aim is also about bringing brilliant execution, a strong and positive culture, and our cause of supporting the business builders together. We have amazing people, great products that every business on this planet needs, and a cause that inspires us to do our very personal best. Our global colleague engagement survey has just closed and the results are being analysed. There's also lots of other engagement activities going on as well as others being planned. Thanks again for your feedback.

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