Dishonest. Unethical. - Anonymous employee First Page Sage Employee Review

1.0
May 11, 2023
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Fully remote company means you can literally work from wherever you want. Stay home, hang out in a coffee shop, travel the world, do whatever you want. You do have to provide your own computer and equipment though.

Cons

They hire new people (at reduced salaries) then lay off the experienced employees. No severance, no notice--you're not even given the chance to say goodbye to your teams, they just cut you off effective immediately. They will also openly lie about layoffs, promising just days before they happen that there won't be any. They differentiate themselves to customers by purporting to deliver "thought leadership" content, but it's the same mediocre SEO writing that everyone else does, at a premium price. A lot of work just gets handed off to freelancers. While the staff writers are very good writers, they are expected to produce "thought leadership" content for several different clients in unrelated fields. One content writer at a marketing agency is not going to be a thought leader in PCB manufacturing, SaaS, and refinery operations all at the same time. They're going to research it on Google like anyone else. It is often clear the writers do not understand even the fundamentals of what they're writing about, yet it gets sold to the customer as "thought leadership." The way they market their service is extremely dishonest.

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First Page Sage Response
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Thank you for your feedback. At First Page Sage, we are proud to employ people with a wide and diverse range of education and experiences to create expert-level content for our clients. The academic backgrounds of our team include PhDs in electrical engineering and literature, with multiple employees holding Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in fields such as electrical, mechanical, and robotic engineering, as well as history, medical physics, communications, and biology. Some of our team have also served as professors teaching at the college level, and many hold a variety of certifications, such as legal writing, EMT, and system administration. We have weekly workshops as a company to continually improve our approach to Thought Leadership so that we can continue to remain at the cutting edge of digital marketing. Our writers also attend industry conferences, participate in professional peer groups, and subscribe to relevant industry publications to stay up to date on current trends and events within their field. We also continually review our salary and benefits packages to ensure we can recruit and retain top talent in the digital marketing field.

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2.0
Sep 25, 2025
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Pros

Remote work is the main benefit.

Cons

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