Too many acquistions, too quickly - Product analyst Sage Employee Review

2.0
Jan 24, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Interesting products to support, people to work with. The co is full of very smart people that worked with the various SW products that Sage bought. Once Sage bought though, top people were cut, product quality dropped and the fun stopped.

Cons

Lack of direction, too many acquisitions. The co has too many similar products and lots of confusion re: the main product for each georgraphic market. Money and time should be spent getting their act together.

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5.0
Jun 5, 2026
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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

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2.0
Jun 8, 2026
Recommend
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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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