The devil you know vs the devil you don't. - Customer Support Analyst Sage Employee Review

4.0
26 Oct 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great work life balance Good salary Multiple products Sales, support and development in one building.

Cons

The focus has stepped away from technology and leaned more towards marketing. Promotion process is long and difficult. You can come to work everyday and be a good employee that gets the job done and receives high scores, but it's not good enough, yet an employee that calls in sick all the time, makes customers angry and had been on multiple behavior plans will be promoted and given opportunities that advance their careers because the manager likes them.

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Sage Response
9y
Thanks for your review and we are pleased to hear your work-life balance is positive and your salary is competitive as we work hard in these areas. We are starting a new leading for leaders programme soon and this will address a number of the issues you have raised. The specific issue you refer to about promotion of a colleague is not how we do things at Sage, please contact us to give us more information by emailing me at glassdoor@sage.com Thanks again for writing a review, Lynne

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2.0
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Cons

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Sage Response
2w
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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