Loved it here once, but then they lost sight of their mission and now everyone is leaving. - Sales Representative Sage Employee Review

3.0
10 Jan 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Benefits are outstanding. I much longer than I wanted to, just for the benefits. Most of the people are wonderful and kind.

Cons

Favoritism. Low pay compared to industry standards. They pay about 20% lower base salary and much less generous bonus plan than others in the industry. Used to have good work/life balance, but that has changed drastically. They "encourage taking time off and being with your family" but then constantly check metrics in the CRM, number of sales calls, quality of call notes, (was this actually a sales call or was it a customer service type call?) I was there for almost 10 years, promoted, and made goal all but one year, and I still got asked those questions constantly. They give micro-management a whole new meaning. It is kind of normalized when you are there, and then when you leave you realize that level of micro-management is not normal and it's actually offensive.

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Sage Response
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Thank you for sharing your thoughts about your work experience with SAGE. While we appreciate hearing your positive feedback about our benefits and your great colleagues, clearly you had concerns about how the leadership team in your department assessed daily activity. At SAGE, we believe in hiring and retaining talented professionals in their respective fields and allowing them to perform their work while providing feedback, support, and guidance when it is appropriate to do so. From your description, you do not believe your situation met those standards. One of the initiatives we have undertaken is one of direct feedback across the organization. We encourage employees to be bold with this feedback initiative and share their experience. Although you may no longer be with SAGE, we value your feedback and would be interested in learning more about your concerns. I invite you to reach out to me privately at Donna.Gray@sagepub.com.

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