Has Potential However Declining - Anonymous employee Sage Employee Review

1.0
19 Jan 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

There are some really smart people and large customer base. The company is a laggard compared to their competition and has finally realized massive changes are necessary to survive and maintain the customer base and remain minimally competitive. Leadership has finally recognized the business is "broken".

Cons

While there is finally recognition that major changes in strategy, execution, and talent are needed, the plan for correcting course is flawed. Many decisions are based in meeting revenue objectives by managing the top line rather than bottom. Poor decisions have been implemented to reduce sales rep salaries regardless of performance and claim it is to drive high performance. Strict vacation policies have been implemented, and the 401k administrator was changed to a less regarded provider with fewer options and more fees. Health benefits cost to employees have increased. There is an atmosphere of distrust for the leadership because there is no understanding that transparency is always better than denying or avoidance of answering questions. Compensation is not competitive for high quality candidates. Products are old and lack innovation. Read reviews of products. Don't just read comments on this site. The business is going "flat", thus there is limited career progression beyond front line managers.

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2.0
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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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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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