Sage reviews

3.8

69% would recommend to a friend

(660 total reviews)

Blaise R. Simqu

74% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

Sage has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 660 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 Audiovisual y medios de comunicación industry (3.7 stars).

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660 reviews
2.0
Dec 20, 2015

Incredibly friendly, but isolated and paranoid

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Business Outlook

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
Nov 21, 2018

College publishing

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits are extremely good. Privately held company (blessing and a curse). Multiple office locations, allow for some remote positions. If you can fit in with the cool kids then you probably will retire there. Several great and talented people from other HED companies that bring a reality of the market to an otherwise inwardly thinking management team. Aspirational company mission which falls short because managers are on over their heads.

Cons

Because company is privately owned, living in their own insulated world apart from the real competitive market they don’t understand their place in the HED space. They are growing very quickly with a management team that really has no idea of what they are doing. Currently their world is great because the are seeing very nice growth. This will only last for so long. Because of the inexperience of the management team they are trying to expand into markets they have no business being in. Consequently pressure is on mid to lower level employees to outperform at the cost of very top heavy management who inexperienced, a bit arrogant and while they won’t admit it, learning on the job. High turnover at mid to lower level positions will torment this company for years unless they figure out what they are doing and what they want. Culture between West and East coasts is noticeable. Additionally if you aren’t part of the “club” you won’t last, upper management seems to favor those who can play the game rather than those who add value, perform and who speak candidly- sometimes saying things Leadership doesn’t want to hear. Bottom line...if you have good “BS” game and can survive/excel without performing this is the place for you. Enjoy the benefits!

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