Only good for a stepping stone. - Sales Associate Sage Employee Review

2.0
Aug 29, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Free parking. Looks good on resume. Has a ping pong table.

Cons

Company politics is corrosive. Management is disconnected and has no clue. The end justifies the means - Sale is more important even if it means lying to the customer. No consistent strategy. Sage is rapidly losing market share and yet they think they are growing. In reality they are just boosting.

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Sage Response
8y
Thanks for your feedback. Really pleased your like the facilities and the kudos Sage gives you on your resume. Some of what you say very much concerns me. At Sage, one of our values is 'Do the right thing' and this is backed up when you refer to our desired behaviours as outlined in the Sage Academy. We've heard our CEO, Stephen Kelly, talk about customer obsession, this also means doing the right thing with customers. We want to keep customers for life, and that means selling them the right product, at the right time - so it's counter-intuitive to sell them products they don't need as they will leave us. Our Code of Conduct (which has recently been promoted through a poster campaign across Sage globally) talks about protecting our reputation with customers and you should report such wrong-doing by using the free and confidential SafeCall number (The SafeCall numbers are found in the Code of Conduct) - it's all our responsibilities to report such things. I will be passing on your comments to the relevant leaders in Canada. Thanks for your feedback.

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Sage Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We’re sorry to hear about the challenges you’ve described around leadership continuity, targets, growth, and ways of working. We recognise the impact that stability, clear accountability, and achievable goals can have on the day-to-day experience of our colleagues, particularly within sales and customer-facing roles. We shall share your feedback with leaders for their visibility as we continue to evolve how we support our teams to truly thrive at work. If you have any additional insights to share, please leave us more feedback via our internal Always Listening forum or through your manager. Thank you again for sharing your perspective.
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