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      Will the last one to leave please turn out the lights - Sales Executive Sage Employee Review

      1.0
      6 Mar 2017
      Sales executive
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Holiday entitlement with buy/sell, sharesave, dental, medical, parking, really struggling after that, peers and colleagues have a good work ethic

      Cons

      Salary is pathetic, commission structure is poor in relation to performance, everything at Sage over the course of the last 12-18 months is how they can find ways to pay out less. Ridiculous metrics which change on a regular basis to try and trip people up. They wonder why so much is going down the pan, it's simple, staff aren't rewarded enough for that extra yard. The greed of the business has led to staff resenting the company and the vast majority of decent sales staff have left as they can earn a great deal more elsewhere for a much less stressful job. Any good sales staff who are left are simply waiting for shares to mature then they will also leave. Sage always expect staff to go the extra mile however forget that this is a two way Street, they wonder why things fall flat on the face, staff aren't going out their way to help a company they feel continuously tries to screw them over. The company treat staff like replaceable numbers so why would staff be loyal?

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      Sage Response
      9y
      Thanks for your review. As you know our CEO Stephen Kelly joined us some 2.5 years ago - we are now 'One Sage' with products in the Cloud, innovations such as Pegg with the ambition to have invisible accounting. Transformation was needed - tech companies have to adapt or die; in order to leapfrog the competition and continue to serve our business builders with passion we need to have a high performance culture. Our targets are tough, our people work hard and those who achieve them are rewarded extremely well. We benchmark our salaries against the market and we are competitive. We also have Platinum Elite for our highest performers in the business - this year over 100 colleagues went to Dubai with their partners and this year's Platinum Elite has launched and we will again be taking over 100 colleagues to a luxurious resort in Mexico. We can't promise an easy ride at Sage but it’ll be a rewarding one; leaving your comfort zone will help you grow in belief and as a person. We wish you every success with your career.

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      5.0
      5 Jun 2026
      Account manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      They will work with you and teach you everything you need to know and help you as long as you help yourself and meet kpi but they help you meet it

      Cons

      No cons to add at this time

      2.0
      8 Jun 2026
      Account executive
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      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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