SAGE Publishing Reviews
Found 168 reviews
"Leaves, and work-life balance, Environment" (in 19 reviews)
"Oh and free lunch on Friday's :)" (in 16 reviews)
"There’s a massive disconnect between upper management and middle management, general speaking communication is an issue due to cliques" (in 13 reviews)
"Sometimes the work load makes work-life balance a challenge" (in 8 reviews)
- Helpful (1)
"Excellent Company to work for"
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RecommendsApproves of CEOI have been working at SAGE Publishing full-time for more than a year
Pros
Excellent benefits and work environment
Cons
So far, no cons of working here
SAGE Publishing2019-03-20 - Helpful (10)
"You can do better"
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Doesn't RecommendPositive OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at SAGE Publishing full-time
Pros
Benefits package, anniversary trips, some great people, office locations, free food
Cons
Maybe all you want is a job and your (small) paycheck. Then SAGE is for you. If you're not looking to advance and you see endless overwork as job security, then SAGE is for you. If you think passive-aggressiveness and toxic office politics are professional and you don't expect your manager to support you because they have their own problems like perpetual meetings and looking good to other departments, then SAGE is for...
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Reevaluate where to invest in staff and reinvest in more lower-level positions by significantly reducing middle and upper management positions. Get rid of dead weight staff and invest in the doers by making them feel valued and not disposable. Facilitate professional and direct communication between staff instead of he said, she said interactions through management. If you ask for staff input, actually listen and follow...
Show MoreSAGE Publishing2019-03-26 - Helpful (8)
"Workflow Hell - Not for Creative Types - Bureaucratic & Mismanaged"
StarStarStarStarStarDoesn't RecommendI worked at SAGE Publishing full-time for more than a year
Pros
Free lunch on Fridays Air Conditioning
Cons
Terrible workflow process Low Salaries Extremely Political Overworked Undervalued
Advice to Management
If you want to INCREASE productivity, you have to INCREASE staff and pay.
SAGE Publishing2019-04-19SAGE Publishing Response
April 24, 2019 – Director of Human Resources and Organizational Development
We welcome your feedback and are so sorry to hear that you had this experience. I would like to learn more to be able to assist in making improvements and would welcome a conversation to gain greater detail. If you're comfortable doing so, please connect with me at kim.robinson@sagepub.com.
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"Corporate Company Culture with growing pains"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at SAGE Publishing full-time for more than a year
Pros
-free lunch Fridays (though usually Pizza or Panda Express) -good health insurance and other benefits with therapy and legal advice for free -intelligent coworkers -interesting work
Cons
-very little room for advancement, they don’t promote based on merit -very inexperience management -low starting salary, not a living wage for the area it is in -high pressure environment - company used to be less corporate and the employees who have been there longer are having a hard time adjusting -frequent lay-offs -high turn around with entry level positions
Advice to Management
Hire experienced managers, promote based on job performance. Raise salaries, if you can’t pay your employees a living wage you don’t have a viable business.
SAGE Publishing2019-03-20SAGE Publishing Response
April 18, 2019 – Director of Human Resources and Organizational Development
Thank you for your feedback. We appreciate that you enjoyed the great benefits that SAGE offers. It’s true, we are in a dynamic and changing industry, and we may not always get it right. We’ll keep trying and appreciate your insights as we continue to examine what to do better.
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"Extremely low pay"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookDisapproves of CEOI have been working at SAGE Publishing full-time for more than 4 years
Pros
Some of the people are nice to work with, it depends on your department and your manager. The company is working toward a more open-floorplan workspace which should change things up a bit. Lenient with break/lunch times, if you're salaried you get to work from home one day a week but if you're hourly they don't trust you enough to let you do that, free lunch on Fridays which is nice of them but it sucks and absolutely...
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Zero training/orientation, the only thing they cover in the quick and vague "new hire orientation" is the benefits, not even how to submit your time card. Pay is, as many other people here have stated, awful. Absolutely no room for negotiation, standard 3% merit increase each year to account for inflation rates... if you earn it. People are not paid fairly across the board. Inconsistent in every single sense of the word....
Show MoreAdvice to Management
Be consistent. If you say one thing, stick to it, mean it, and apply it across the board. Stop spending money on frivolous trips for upper management and pay your employees what they're worth. Pay them a living wage for the area. You're spending so much time and money focused on giving employees this new workspace to make them happy and increase productivity... here's a secret: if you pay the employees a fair wage then...
Show MoreSAGE Publishing2019-01-17 - Helpful (3)
"Good company, with minor flaws"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at SAGE Publishing full-time for more than 6 years
Pros
The people and the benefits are great. It's a good company that takes care of it's people.
Cons
There is a lack of communication between departments and there are not many ways to advance.
SAGE Publishing2018-12-11 - Helpful (4)
"Only ok, not outstanding"
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No opinion of CEOI worked at SAGE Publishing full-time for more than 2 years
Pros
Decent benefits. Free fruit three times a week. They aren't shy about spending money on their employees, which is nice. They're willing to try new things and make mistakes. They have a great holiday party and nice offices in the Watergate complex.
Cons
My biggest complaint is a lack of work/life balance. As the company grows, they aren't streamlining processes. It just keeps getting more bloated with middle management and tasks. I'm not sure if their digital strategy in the College market is going to be a winning one, but they're trying to remain relevant as course material moves to digital resources.
SAGE Publishing2018-12-19 - Helpful (13)
"Some of the most stand-offish coworkers I've ever encountered, inconsistent company policies"
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Doesn't RecommendNo opinion of CEOI have been working at SAGE Publishing full-time
Pros
-comprehensive benefits: medical, dental, vision, 401(k), though it seems quite standard for the region
Cons
-work from home policies applied arbitrarily across departments; some departments are allowed, others are not (and even within a department, some are permitted, and others are not), with very weak justification given -social attitude is clinical, extremely stand-offish and unfriendly. No attempt at camaraderie or integration of new employees into the team is made -bureaucracy and power struggles are evident in inter-departmental...
Show MoreAdvice to Management
If you are isolating your employees socially to begin with, putting them in a clinical environment where they are socially outcast and disregarded by others, why not allow them to work from home? This seems like a good solution to improve morale and to keep people around.
SAGE Publishing2018-10-24 - Helpful (11)
"College publishing"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at SAGE Publishing full-time for more than 2 years
Pros
Benefits are extremely good. Privately held company (blessing and a curse). Multiple office locations, allow for some remote positions. If you can fit in with the cool kids then you probably will retire there. Several great and talented people from other HED companies that bring a reality of the market to an otherwise inwardly thinking management team. Aspirational company mission which falls short because managers...
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Because company is privately owned, living in their own insulated world apart from the real competitive market they don’t understand their place in the HED space. They are growing very quickly with a management team that really has no idea of what they are doing. Currently their world is great because the are seeing very nice growth. This will only last for so long. Because of the inexperience of the management team they...
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Don’t rest on the fact that that you are privately owned and will never be acquired by another company because of the unique ownership situation. Learn how to manage and compete in the real world. Figure out who/what this company is and then serve those market segments better than anyone else leveraging the company’s unique strengths. Compensate and treat and lower to mid level employees with respect. They are the worker...
Show MoreSAGE Publishing2018-11-22 - Helpful (1)
"Warm Company Culture and Great Benefits"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookI have been working at SAGE Publishing for more than a year
Pros
The benefits can't be beat and the people are welcoming and friendly.
Cons
Occasionally inefficient in practices, low entry-level pay
SAGE Publishing2018-08-30
SAGE Publishing Response
April 18, 2019 – Director of Human Resources and Organizational Development
Thank you for taking the time to provide us with your detailed feedback. We're sorry you didn't have a good experience with us. We are listening and take your feedback to heart. Please know we are committed to learning from what you shared.