Sage reviews

Through apparent skill, SAGE has managed to hire an army of incompetent managers. There is an echo chamber of bad ideas getting supported at high levels, often without a clear strategy. You will not receive support from your manager. There is a systemic unwillingness or perhaps fear of managers standing up for their underlings. On the off chance that you work for a good manager--don't get used to it, they will either be let go by SAGE or they will be quitting shortly. It is an incredibly political environment, but one without confrontation. Everything is done through back channels. Your boss will smile to your face while bashing you in managerial meetings, prepping for your ouster. However, if you become the darling of one of the aforementioned incompetent managers, there is no limit to how high you can climb! Merit frequently does not enter into the equation when doling out promotions, raises, or bonuses. A colleague of mine asked their manager what the steps were to advance up the ladder, to get a new title (not even asking for a raise) and was told "there is no road map to get to the next step." Wow, what a reassuring thought to hear from your manager--there is no clear path to get promoted and advance in this company. The turnover is extreme. Whole teams and departments will disappear and new faces will shuffle in and out. It's almost impossible to get to know people in certain positions, because the churn is so great. You will be asked to work long hours with very little pay and no recognition. Sorry, I misspoke--you *might* be recognized, in the form of your picture going up for a moment in a department meeting and a $20 gift card to Starbucks. But the pay is anemic and the raises are tiny, regardless of how well the company tells you it did (and trust me, they love to talk about how great sales are). In one particularly hilarious meeting, after employees had answered an anonymous survey and described their work-life balance as concerning, one high-level manager blurted out "Okay, so turn off your computer at 5 and leave." So there you go, prospective employee--remember that when you are swamped with work, you've had very little training, you aren't being supported by your manager, you've got high priority emails flooding in--just turn off your computer and leave. And if you're smart, you won't come back. Like I said in the title--I was like you once, staring at a Glassdoor review and wondering if I should take the gig or not. Two soul-crushing years of my life later, I hope you can learn from my mistake.

The senior management group is consumed with appalling hypocrisy. It's staggering how much of the company's money they blow on never-ending retreats, meetings, and travels, while pinching pennies on the company's retirement plan and not giving raises to the lower ranks of the company. You will be heavily scrutinized for spending one dollar over the company suggestion for a business dinner, while the SMG drops hundreds of thousands of dollars on meaningless off-site meetings where have yet another belabored conversation about something they could have had in a conference room at Conejo. But they will still post photos of these wasteful events on social media, basically encouraging a "let them eat cake" attitude to the rest of us. The hero worship of a few supposedly brilliant executives is particularly nauseating. Day to day the work environment is fine: quiet, boring, sterile. It's a pleasant place. But just don't pay attention to what's going on at the higher levels of the company, for it will make you truly sick.