Sage reviews

Being forced to come into the office is counter productive. I've had to give up gym days as now I have to balance time with my family against my own physical and mental health. The cost of the tyne tunnel alone plus petrol is also damaging to our own pockets. Sage Don't care about our wellbeing at all and all of their comments on these reviews saying "Our recently updated hybrid structure is central to the success of our people-focused culture" are completely rubbish, I know first hand that almost zero leaders or team members believe these policies are beneficial in any way, and we're actively working around it to ensure work can still be done correctly. There are zero benefits to forcing us in the office. Previously I'd happily come in and be with my team and communicate with others, but when it's enforced I have zero interest and have a growing resentment for those around me. I have no interest in helping sage, I have zero interest in being flexible for them anymore. Also, what they don't realise is we're taking that time back. That 1 hour travel each way? The hour lunch break I'm forced to be away from my family? It's coming out of their time not mine. I may be at my seat but I refuse to give them that work - they're paying for my travel time and stress one way or the other. Right now the office is rife with resentment and bitterness, we're no longer here for the culture which has completely been decimated, we're here for the money and that's it. Whatever Sage want from this, they can't force it. They want some strange idea of forced culture? It's surface level, they want us to leave? Nah we'll just do the bare minimum and get our wage at the end of the month.

Have recently announced a three-day in-office mandate. This is completely out-of-step with the needs and wants of the workforce, and with the state of hybrid work (inter)nationally. Every single colleague I have spoken with strongly resents and dislikes this decision, its implications, and the way that it has been dictated from on high, spitting in the face of Sage values. The supposed benefit that this mandate will bring - in-person collaboration - is a thinly-veiled fallacy. The majority of teams are internationally dispersed and so the reality of this decision is staff attending the office to join a Teams call. Further, this is a damning blow to Sage's wider carbon impact as more colleagues travel more frequently to and from the office and is an effective pay-cut for colleagues who spend a substantial amount on their commute. The most productive Sage colleagues within the product function - the software engineers at the very heart of the company's business model - are self-confessedly most productive when they are left alone to concentrate on their work at home. This decision shows no awareness or appreciation of needs of actual employees to enhance productivity and an archaic approach to work-life balance, This is a contemptable and indefensible decision that will assuredly yield only negative results.