Poor management & nepotism at it’s best - Anonymous employee Sage Employee Review

1.0
10 May 2023
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Intacct team at the San Jose office is amazing, smart, innovative and a true Silicon Valley’s child. There’s still some good folks there but most have already been cut out of the picture.

Cons

Management is the worst I have ever seen. From the top down, this UK company will do what it takes to support their own legacy company while cutting off Intacct employees who work so hard to put Intacct on the map. Intacct was thriving until Sage bought it, then they drove it to the ground, layoff and relocate the headquarter to Atlanta. They bought out the competition and basically killed the team and product. They layoff the Intacct team in different stages/ timeline to avoid the mandatory Cal-WARN, which is the state version of the federal WARN Act, is triggered by 50 or more layoffs of covered employees within a rolling 30-day window. The 60-day notice requirement also applies when the business is terminating operations or relocating its operations 100 miles or more away.

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Sage Response
3y
Thank you for your feedback. We are sorry to know that you did not have a very positive life at Sage experience when you were with us. Like any other organization with ambitions to continue growing in today’s unpredictable business environment, we have had to make difficult decisions about how we operate and how we are structured. We assure you that when those decisions impact our colleagues, we take extreme care in making sure that we are both fully compliant with local regulations and that we treat all our colleagues according to our values. We wish you all the best in the next chapters of your career development journey.

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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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