Question 1

How long does setup take?

Accepted Answer

Most teams go from values to a working competency framework in under an hour. Enter your values, pick your functions, and Sageo generates the rest. Importing your people is one CSV upload.

Question 2

Can we edit what the AI generates?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Every competency, KPI, and behavioral indicator is editable, and you can refine any framework with a plain-language instruction. Nothing goes live until you approve it.

Question 3

How do we get our people into Sageo?

Accepted Answer

Upload a single CSV and Sageo builds every employee record, reporting line, and the org chart for you. You can add people one at a time too, and update the whole organisation later with another import.

Question 4

Which functions and roles does Sageo support?

Accepted Answer

Any function you run. Frameworks follow proper designation ladders across configurable levels (up to nine), with separate individual-contributor and manager tracks per function, so engineering, sales, design, operations and the rest each get expectations that match how those careers actually progress.

Question 5

Can we move over from our current review tool?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Bring your people in by CSV, generate frameworks from your values, and run your next cycle in Sageo. There is no long migration project: most of the setup is done in an afternoon.

Question 6

Will the org chart handle our size?

Accepted Answer

Yes. The org chart is built for hundreds of people, stays fast as you grow, and links every node to that person's record, performance, and plans.

Question 7

What review cadences do you support?

Accepted Answer

Monthly, quarterly, and semi-annual cycles, with self, manager, peer, and upward feedback in any combination. You set the cadence per cycle and change it whenever you need.

Question 8

How does weighted scoring work?

Accepted Answer

You weight competencies per framework and track, and set a single company-wide weighting for culture, so what matters most counts the most and every score means the same thing across the company. Weighted results map to your rating bands, giving calibration an objective baseline.

Question 9

How does calibration work?

Accepted Answer

After scores come in, calibrators see results side by side with a rating-distribution view and adjust where needed, with a logged reason for every change. Results release to employees only after calibration closes, so everyone sees one consistent standard.

Question 10

Does culture actually count in the score?

Accepted Answer

If you apply a company-wide culture weighting, your Cultural Foundation is scored alongside what people deliver across every framework, so how people work counts too. Culture stops being a poster and becomes part of the number.

Question 11

What happens if someone does not submit their review?

Accepted Answer

Sageo keeps every cycle on schedule and surfaces what is still outstanding, so managers can follow up before calibration. Results stay held until the cycle is complete and calibration closes.

Question 12

Where do development plans come from?

Accepted Answer

Sageo drafts a personalised plan from each person's actual results, aimed at their specific gaps and strengths against their framework level. Every plan arrives as a draft that a manager reviews, edits and approves before the employee sees it.

Question 13

How do goals and monthly 1:1s fit together?

Accepted Answer

Goals link to development plans and frameworks, and get pulled back into every review cycle and every monthly 1:1 automatically. Reports raise discussion points ahead of each 1:1, managers respond, and everything leaves a written record both sides can see.

Question 14

How is our data handled?

Accepted Answer

Your data stays yours. Sageo automatically de-identifies content, stripping out employee names and personal identifiers before it is sent to the AI, and uses your data only to power your frameworks, reviews and plans, never to train models for other customers. Access is role-scoped and calibration changes carry a full audit trail.

Question 15

Does our employee data ever train the AI?

Accepted Answer

No. Your data is never used to train models for other customers. De-identification is automatic rather than a setting, and framework generation uses only organisation-level inputs like your values, functions and level structure, never a person's name.

Question 16

Who can see what inside Sageo?

Accepted Answer

Access is role-scoped, so people see exactly what they should and no more. Managers, reports, and admins each get the right view, and every calibration change is logged in an immutable audit trail.

Question 17

Does Sageo help with the EU Pay Transparency Directive and the AI Act?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Sageo gives every pay and progression decision an objective, documented, gender-neutral basis, keeps a human in the loop on every AI output, and logs calibration in an immutable audit trail. That is the groundwork those regulations demand, though it does not replace legal advice.

Question 18

How much does Sageo cost?

Accepted Answer

Sageo is simple per-seat pricing with every module included, built for companies of roughly 10 to 1,000 people. See the pricing page for details, or book a demo for a quote tailored to your team.

Question 19

Do you help with onboarding?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Setup is fast enough to do yourself, and we are happy to walk you through your first frameworks and cycle. Book a demo and we will help you get from values to a running review cycle.

Questions, Answered

Getting started

Reviews, Scoring and Calibration

Development, Goals and 1:1s

Data, Security and Compliance

Pricing and Support

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