What are perks and other benefits like at Sage?

There are some solid benefits, including healthcare and pension plans. There are also pockets of career development opportunities if your face fits. Some colleagues genuinely want to make a difference, and a collaborative spirit exists within some departments despite the limitations created by top-down mandates. However, these positives are often overshadowed by restrictive policies that undermine flexibility and morale.

The recently enforced three-day-a-week office mandate feels like a deliberate move towards forced attrition, with little regard for employee needs or work-life balance. Leadership appears out of touch with the realities of day-to-day work and seems far more interested in controlling teams than actually listening to what boosts productivity and satisfaction. This mandate feels like a quick fix for visibility rather than a long-term, employee-focused strategy. The disconnect between leadership and the workforce is palpable, with a “bums on seats” mentality taking priority over any real focus on improving employee morale or engagement. It’s disappointing to see Sage ignore the positive strides made during the remote work period, which makes it harder to see the company as a truly progressive or colleague-first workplace.

- The benefits (bonus, healthcare, pension, work away) and initiatives (DE&I, flexible working) were a huge plus though these are being slowly chipped away and have too many catches - Large global, cross functional tech company for your CV that will potentially open doors for you - Some great people and some great talent to learn from - sometimes interesting work - Depending on role, team and location, salaries can be generous and well above the industry / local average

- Direction of strategy at Sage is constantly changing; project focus can switch without warning and new launches seemingly crop up overnight. This leaves delivery teams scrambling to get the work done with little resource or time, causing horrific stress that trickles from the top down and work that is poor quality . - The infrastructure and processes are shockingly disorganised for a company this size. Most of the data and tools used to plan and inform work are unreliable and barely fit for purpose. The company refuses to invest in more training, resource or tech to help people do their jobs properly. Getting anything done is often a painful, archaic and manual process that barely anyone adheres to anyway - SO MANY restrictions for employees and their work. There is absolutely no room for experimentation, improvement or creativity. We are also encouraged to be sustainable which means people have to carefully count their pennies for work trips to see their team, organise colleague socials, or expenses, yet the business will routinely fly select departments out for extravagant trips at overseas conferences, or waste cash on flying expensive drones around office sites for an end of year video… - Recently told the business that we have to return to the office for a mandatory 3 days a week - no exception. This is after several office closures, huge backlash from staff and knowing that the existing offices literally cannot accommodate all employees. Not only does this go against their value of ‘flexible human working’ (not to mention that this is unfair and not inclusive to all employee needs ) it’s also not at all practical, sustainable or realistic. Unless you arrive well before 9am or DON’T go in the days you might actually need to (not so flexible at all really…) you will struggle to even get a desk to do your work. Most people then sit all day on teams calls. And that’s not even considering that some offices require paid parking or huge commutes. And if you don’t comply, you’re at risk of not only being held back from opportunities and bonus, you can end up on performance review. This all makes any time you DO want to spend in the office stressful and distracting but also scared of punishment any time you do choose to wfh. - Part time, remote and work away contracts seem to be reserved the most senior, well-connected and smooth-talking staff it seems. - Management training is lacking which explains why management is poor. Many managers don’t know how to do the job but have been given undeserved authority and power because they shout the loudest, while others have no skills to lead but have had the responsibility thrust upon them with absolutely no support. - Promotion is near impossible and progression opportunities appear to be doled out at random - they are largely dependent on whether you’re lead by someone already embittered by the process and how generous HR are feeling on the day. Micromanagement, gatekeeping and gaslighting runs rampant and there is a refusal to share payscales or progression frameworks to help people move up. the only option is to overwork uncompensated until someone, somewhere decides it’s time for a reward - There’s a frighteningly large number of directors and seniors but only a small percentage of them actually contribute anything useful. Most just push back on the specialist staff who are doing all the donkey work meaning that everyone has to comply even if it‘s a bad decision. - HR are a challenge. Mental health issues get used against you at the first opportunity, processes are slow and if you dare to criticise the 180 on flexible working, you’ll be told to suck it up or leave. - Teams are put under enormous pressure with unmanageable, ever growing workloads and no off-ramp. Some people are terrified to take time off and they constantly request that everyone go above and beyond - all the time! When anonymous surveys are sent out and results show the above, nothing is done with the feedback - The company bewilderingly has an annual redundancy round. Everyone is in constant fear of their livelihood but still expected to do their very best work. Morale is terrible as a result. - As you can see there are now tonnes of fake positive reviews - which says it all

Good Benefits and they allow two work from home days.

Accounting managers does not communicate and offer support. You work long hours and in office work conditions are very poor.

Sage is overall a good place to work. The benefits especially the tuition reimbursement and health insurance is probably among the best in Ventura county

Politics and be prepared to face nepotism

the company doesn't have a toxic environment. Very relaxed and friendly people are working. It was 5 stars back in 2019-2020 but now it's two stars

I cannot say the same about the managers comparing to colleagues, they are not very transparent and usually if there's an order/idea comes from above, no one is questioning it and forwarding by doubling it to the bottom. Also there's a management gang where they protect each other no matter if the projects goes well or bad, they are protected, or protecting each other to keep the throne. Remote working policy changed to two days going to the office, even that the people work for another countries in Barcelona has to goto the office and there are several people checking who's coming or not secretly. There's no benefits, basically you have free coffee machine (if you are lucky it will work) and water in the office. Nothing else, no private insurance, no extra thing, nothing. And you will have to deal with weak laptops that are given by the company. Besides that, you will see a lot of managers that you don't know what they are doing. You will be bullied if you give negative feedback about the managers, you should never give feedback, otherwise you will be marked as problem and it will never change.

Great employer with great benefits and good culture

None that I’ve found, good company

Good benefits, opportunity for growth and learning

Not very human, just a number, no trust

After a year here I can honestly say I am very grateful to work for an innovative global company who cares about their people and values diversity and inclusion. To sum up the pros: Great pay, amazing people and culture, nice benefits, lots of opportunity for growth and professional development. Flexible workdays (three in office).

No where is perfect--your experience will vary depending on your manager and team, just like anywhere else.

Good benefits and pay although bonus wasn’t great in recent years

Great people overlooked. Poor performance tolerated from senior individuals.

Good benefits and paid time off.

Average pay compared to where i live but overall good