Sage reviews

3.8

66% would recommend to a friend

(663 total reviews)

Blaise R. Simqu

70% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Sage has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 663 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Sage employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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663 reviews
2.0
Dec 20, 2015

Incredibly friendly, but isolated and paranoid

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

SAGE offers world-class health benefits and an organizational culture that prides itself on collegiality and friendliness. Day to day life is pretty good as long as you don't ask questions, keep your head down, and don't challenge authority.

Cons

Too many useless meetings and committees. Very bad retirement plan. The company is far too bureaucratic for a company of its relatively small size. The Senior Management Group (SMG) is paranoid and isolated and doesn't really know what's going on within the company. The organizational culture rewards sugar-coating of facts and is a cult of personality around a few key executives, some of whom have no grasp on the publishing industry outside SAGE. Political operatives and sycophants are rewarded more frequently than are talented overachievers. The office environment needs to show some pulse; most employed in the cubicle farms seem to be quietly miserable.

1.0
Oct 31, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Greasy pizza lunches on Fridays

Cons

Top management did not like the negative reviews they were getting on Glassdoor, so they are anonymously writing good reviews, and asking others to do the same. (Guess what? Employees talk. Word travels fast)! They are having massive layoffs, and all the while continue to give themselves hefty bonuses and increases. Disgusting!

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Sage Response
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Thank you for sharing your feedback and for allowing us to provide clarification. We have encouraged all employees to take a more proactive approach with Glassdoor to share their experiences both the positive and the areas where we have room to grow and improve. SAGE wants to provide insight to potential candidates on the overall culture and company feel and believe our employees can best provide that information. Please feel free to connect with me at kim.robinson@sagepub.com; I am interested in learning more about your perspective.
1.0
Oct 16, 2017

Worst ever!

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

No pros. Terrible company. Terrible culture!

Cons

Work here only if you have no self esteem. Unless you've been hired as upper-management. The company has a British-style caste system. Upper management can do no harm and is richly rewarded. Everyone else if mere "staff" and disposable, even as Upper Management claims credit for your work while dumping you in the street at a moment's notice.

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