Great but no progression if you don't want to manage - Senior Product Designer Sage Employee Review

4.0
Aug 8, 2025
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Pros

Huge support and personal growth opportunities

Cons

Career growth is promised but not followed through on as managers are not able to have the final say. Progression can be rejected by senior leaders who you've never met and only know you as a name on a screen.

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Sage Response
7mo
Thank you for your thoughtful review on Sage. We're pleased to hear you felt supported and had opportunities for personal growth. We also appreciate your feedback on progression pathways. We have a number of resources supporting colleague development, but we’re actively working on creating more opportunities for colleagues to thrive. Your insights help us improve, and we wish you all the best in your next chapter.

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2.0
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Pros

was hired as remote and get to have that honored, but have been openly told no career progression because of remote status. decent pay

Cons

Leadership instability: Seven manager changes during my relatively short tenure. Unrealistic targets: A sales quota set at 1,100% growth (not a typo). Slow product development: Getting anything actioned on the product side takes far too long. Product management turnover: Three product manager changes, resulting in no meaningful deliverables in over three years. Misaligned hiring priorities: Greater emphasis on DEI optics than on hiring people positioned to drive growth. Internal vs. customer focus: More energy spent on internal events than on product enhancements. Lack of accountability (the biggest issue): No one takes ownership. Responsibility gets passed around constantly — for example, client cancellations going unprocessed because they impact someone's numbers. Managers have openly encouraged pushing the work onto someone else rather than handling it.

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Sage Response
1w
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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