Sage has a very "3 steps forward, 10 steps backward" culture. It's got aspirations to be a forward thinking, modern SaaS company with progressive values - yet , just when you think they've "got it" they come along with internal policies that take us right back into the dark ages of corporate dystopia. Recent changes have brought along a new policy where ALL employee's worldwide are expected to come in 3 days a week, regardless of part-time/condensed hours arrangements. Even so, for full-time employee's that have regained hours of their lives back over the last 4 years from remote work this change is a step in the wrong direction.
They've done all this under the guise that they have listened to employee's feedback, and that they "care" about our wellbeing and happiness... but their usual corporate spiel in communicating this to colleagues like we are inept is nothing short of condescending and offensive.
It's clear that those at the top are getting itchy over the idea of employees enjoying their lives, no longer wasting our precious short time on this Earth in outdated, call-centre-like offices or enduring 2+ hour commutes each day. This push, like much of what we see in our modern world, feels like an attempt to exert control over employees’ lives post-pandemic. They’ve witnessed how much personal freedom we've reclaimed, and to companies like Sage, that’s seen as a threat.
But I can't put it all down to this mindset, it's obvious goals were not met this year and instead of those in control reflecting on their own management decisions they've gone down the "it must be the worker's fault"... a particular Principal Skinner meme comes to mind when I envision those high up reflecting on company performance/policies... "Am I out of touch?... No, it is the children who are wrong".
