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      Avoid this place! - Systems Designer Sage Employee Review

      1.0
      24 Aug 2017
      Systems designer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Pleasant enough environment to work. Nice location. Some great people (though not many). There are some great amangers (though not many).

      Cons

      You get the sense that one day, many, many years ago, Sage was a great place to work, filled with brilliant talented people who had a vision. Not so now. Jobs-worth managers who can't actually manage. Hack programmers who think that programming is something you learn from a book. Hint : It's not. It's a learned skill. You only get good by programming A LOT. Some seriously anti-social personalities in their organisation. No focus. No drive. No real passion for anything except pleasing on-lookers and the media.

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      Sage Response
      8y
      Thanks for your feedback. Sorry to read you didn't have a great experience whilst you were at Sage. One thing we receive lots of positive feedback is about our people - so much praise about how fantastic our colleagues are, so it's surprising to read you didn't find many in Newcastle. We have many talented developers who do an awesome job developing new technology. We wish you well with your career.

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      5.0
      21 June 2026
      Professional services consultant
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Work life balance is the strongest attribute at Sage. Family matters and mental stablity is supported. Top notch benefits.

      Cons

      Departments with mixed roles of similar tasks, yet separate teams without collaboration.

      2.0
      8 June 2026
      Account executive
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      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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      Sage Response
      1w
      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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