Completely out of touch - Anonymous employee Sage Employee Review

Have recently announced a three-day in-office mandate. This is completely out-of-step with the needs and wants of the workforce, and with the state of hybrid work (inter)nationally. Every single colleague I have spoken with strongly resents and dislikes this decision, its implications, and the way that it has been dictated from on high, spitting in the face of Sage values. The supposed benefit that this mandate will bring - in-person collaboration - is a thinly-veiled fallacy. The majority of teams are internationally dispersed and so the reality of this decision is staff attending the office to join a Teams call. Further, this is a damning blow to Sage's wider carbon impact as more colleagues travel more frequently to and from the office and is an effective pay-cut for colleagues who spend a substantial amount on their commute. The most productive Sage colleagues within the product function - the software engineers at the very heart of the company's business model - are self-confessedly most productive when they are left alone to concentrate on their work at home. This decision shows no awareness or appreciation of needs of actual employees to enhance productivity and an archaic approach to work-life balance, This is a contemptable and indefensible decision that will assuredly yield only negative results.