Good Pay but Lack of Career Growth in Data and Engineering - Anonymous employee Sage Employee Review

3.0
Sep 26, 2024
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Pay in data and analytics tends to be higher than the market average. Many people here have a genuine sense of job security.

Cons

Everything moves really slowly. A lot more is said than done: a steady stream of reports describing how milestones are (almost) achieved and everything keeps approaching resounding success at an incredible pace instead of actual results. Incompetent managers are common. They enjoy regular promotions and substantial bonuses. Dead-end jobs for people in data and engineering. The highest they might get over the years is a Principal Something, e.g. Principal Data Engineer or Principal Data Scientist, which is just another kind of Individual Contributor. Promotions from that to any roles in Management never happened.

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Sage Response
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We appreciate you taking the time to leave us your review; your thoughts have been noted. There's a lot of work going on in the background that's geared towards addressing all the concerns that you've raised and there's a lot of opportunity for us to improve so we're excited about what's to come. Please continue to share your thoughts with us both here and internally. You keep us accountable and in turn, we're able to knock down barriers for you to thrive!

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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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Sage Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We’re sorry to hear about the challenges you’ve described around leadership continuity, targets, growth, and ways of working. We recognise the impact that stability, clear accountability, and achievable goals can have on the day-to-day experience of our colleagues, particularly within sales and customer-facing roles. We shall share your feedback with leaders for their visibility as we continue to evolve how we support our teams to truly thrive at work. If you have any additional insights to share, please leave us more feedback via our internal Always Listening forum or through your manager. Thank you again for sharing your perspective.
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