Good Salary and Benefits, but not the best place if you want to make a difference. - Development Team Lead Sage Employee Review

2.0
Jul 22, 2016
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Top Salaries for the North East (But huge bands - so some people may not be so lucky). Excellent Benefits. Fantastic Offices in Newcastle. Lots of free parking. Pension is the highest ive heard of in the North East for software developers.

Cons

Appallingly difficult to get things done. Was there more than five years as a manager and saw many senior and middle managers. Some good - Many terrible. Many middle managers are out of touch with the technology they are managing. I.e. Software Managers managing Software Development Teams with no background in software development. Just people managers. Far too much focus on documenting appraisals which means that the people that spend all year documenting the trivial things they have done get pay rises vs the people who got things done and made the company money do not. Sorry - But that's what I saw had happened frequently as a manager. Much happier now ive left even though less salary and benefits. Money isn't everything.

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Sage Response
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Thanks for your feedback. We are committed to investing in benefits, training and top tier office facilities for our colleague across Sage in all 23 countries we operate in, so we are happy to hear that you enjoyed these things. We are sorry to hear you weren’t happy with some of your colleagues. Management is a discreet capability - we are currently in the process of pulling together a ‘Leading at Sage’ program which will be available for all managers, it will focus on the ‘people management’ aspects to their role, it will also aim to keep them up-to-date on our latest products and technologies as it is important all Sage colleagues are 'product champions’. If you would like to give us more detailed information, please email us on glassdoor@sage.com

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Pros

Some of the people are genuinely rockstars in their crafts. The insurance is top notch and PTO is generous.

Cons

Company culture and morale are awful. The salaries are low, policies are dated and not equitable, product and internal tech is dated. Rapid changes due to poor leadership and frequent turnover. Leadership does not seem to possess the ability to pivot once decisions have been made, even if the decision was the wrong one. Company personality is archaic and as far away from forward-thinking as possible.

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