Sabre Reviews

Pros

There is a good work/life balance, and many out of the office activities. Offices are great, and they are equipped with many resources to learn. Depending on the team, you can enjoy the possibility to work from your own place.

Cons

It is difficult to progress professionally. Reviews are performed at a couple of fixed points per year, and it is difficult to get a promotion or a salary increase.

Advice to Senior Management

Employees in every country where Sabre has offices have different needs. You cannot lead with US policies / benefits in countries with radically different rules (e.g. inflation)

Pros

Good benefits, wellness information and support and they get involved with the community. The 'fun' ratio and work/life balance very much depends on department and leads.

Cons

Some departments have very poor management and have no work/life balance. Some have zero communication within the team. The global work force can create horrible hours and doesn't always increase productivity.
HR needs to do a better job of posting jobs. Most of the postings are generic and you can't tell what the job is for. Make the hiring manager list something about the real position and what area it involves.
Many of the managers are not in the location of their reports which presents a huge issue with feedback and increases (if there are any).

Advice to Senior Management

Listen and interact with your people. Get the scoop from the team and not just your direct reports and follow some suggestions. Take a real look at the global work place and how it affects the team. Create teams as much as you can in one location. Say hi to your team!!

Pros

International company
International staff
Progressive, change-oriented people
Great caffeteria
Big company with many job change opportunities
Green & philanthropic focused

Cons

Global nature means calls/emails 24 hours a day
Not enough parking spaces
Inconsistent direction from above
Inconsistent feedback from above

Advice to Senior Management

More consistent feedback - informal and formal
Feedback should be both positive and areas for growth - not just negative

Pros

Fair compensation. Interesting work. Smart colleagues. Growth potential. Low cost of living if you live in Dallas. Flexible working schedule with the ability to work from home.

Cons

Long hours. Vacation is never a vacation. There is a culture of finger pointing and blame that makes the working environment stressful. Lots of over promises made to the customer that cannot be delivered.

Pros

innovative products
used global scale to do BIG stuff
small enough to make a difference

Cons

complex industry and company plays a complex role -- makes for lots of ambiguity
great customer focus -- great service -- but not as fast on delivery as we need to be

Advice to Senior Management

let's move -- lots of contemplation at times when the core of everyone's gut knows what we should do

Pros

Great work environment, excellent benefits and a great work/life balance.

Cons

Limited opportunity for career advancement due to long service employees not leaving Director and above roles.

Advice to Senior Management

Company is way too political and often slows down getting things done.

Pros

WFH
Good learning (depending on project though,many projects are in support phase,so am not sure about learnings in such projects)
no issues taking leaves and all
can install any softwares and all (for learning purpose)
no dress code

Cons

worst HR policies
promotions too late
no transparency in promotions,awards ,recognition
in few teams too much politics
no onsite
gives hike based on which domain you are in (from 0% to 12 % or so)

Pros

The people are great and they give everyone a fair chance to succeed, they really care and want everyone to do well.

Cons

Would like to see more National work

Advice to Senior Management

Keep up the good work

Pros

Good work life balance
Relaxed work

Cons

No growth opportunities
No motivation to work

Advice to Senior Management

Need to motivate people, be a role model

Pros

Friendly people, great team work, pockets of innovation, great work life balance, great in terms of flexibility, work from home option available.

Cons

1. Slow career growth.
2. Slow pace and could be overly bureaucratic
3. Middle management could act as a filter in conveying the goals from senior management to the rest of the team, hence hampring alignment.
4. Lack of high growth inherent to the industry.market conditions.

Advice to Senior Management

Rigorous ROI based approach should be adopted while starting projects, based on quatitative data rather than purely qualitative factors based on intuition. Need to ensure that the projects are aligned with core capabilities.