Projects consistently have unrealistic timelines and expectations. This leads to an absence of work/life balance throughout the organization. There is a toxic “hustle culture” and I think they will have a lot of trouble recruiting and retaining the next generation of workers who reject this mindset and want a life outside of work. If you aren’t working crazy hours, you’ll be perceived as not working hard enough. If you aren’t double and triple booked with meetings, you’re not engaged. This company normalizes unhealthy behavior and in my experience, it was expected that you would work at all hours of the day to attempt to meet leaderships’ expectations. There are layoffs annually but they have gotten larger since COVID. If my math is correct, they laid off almost 10% of their workforce globally last November and called it an “investment in the future.” If you’ve seen other reviewers mention that our feedback is solicited often, it’s true. We were reminded that we are “allowed” to submit a Glassdoor review every couple of months. They say they want honest feedback, but there’s a response after each negative review encouraging employees to talk to their manager or submit feedback through the anonymous survey. I shared my feedback multiple times with my manager and responded to each survey. I also shared very honest feedback with, and proposed what I would consider simple solutions to a member of the senior leadership team. I didn’t expect immediate changes but I did not see any improvement and was never asked to elaborate on my feedback. I didn’t believe there would be meaningful change and I couldn’t successfully prioritize my personal obligations. This led me to find an amazing opportunity with another company where I haven’t experienced anything remotely close to what I experienced at Sage.
