For customer feedback, there is Medallia. For procurement, there is Coupa. For HR, there is Workday. For CRM, there is Salesforce. For analytics, there is SAS and Google. For SCM, there is o9. For Cloud platform, there is AWS and Azure. For DB, there... — read more
SAP is 4th leading company in this, oh my goodness
Here’s a new listing that SAP just got into! Did someone say SAP is one of the top employers? https://www.techrepublic.com/article/10-tech-companies-where-employees-most-fear-being-laid-off/ An increasing number of tech employees have anxiety about... — read more
SAP Laying off onsite and Filling up from banglore office
Guys SAP will replace local workers and Bring employees from Banglore as Intracompany transfer.they are fine to pay them 145K Plus bonus but want to get rid of locals. Look around your cubicles you will know it...
Reorganization is not over
Our entire team has been told this week that we will be merged into another business line (S4/HANA), because our job positions will cease to exist in our location. This was 2 months after HR, our board member and Bill told that the reorganizations... — read more
Any news on layoffs?
Anything?
Blatant age discrimination
The age discrimination is so blatant at SAP that it's shocking. It's as if SAP thinks they are untouchable. They are ruthless in all aspects of business and corporate culture. This type of verbatim language in email happens weekly at a minimum... — read more
No future at SAP
This really makes me sad, but there is no denying it. When the management decides layoffs are the only way to fix what's wrong with the company it becomes obvious they've given up and are only looking to pad their own pockets going forward. For the... — read more
"Make employee experiences that help people feel valued"
They should really test this at their own employees. https://www.sap.com/products/experience-management-xm.html
Dev Skills
This is on IBM's board - link below - they are laying off SAP developers (obsolete skills) --- https://www.thelayoff.com/t/ZrYhVb7 or go directly @ZrYhVb7
Can people reapply?
Can those who were laid off and received severance reapply for a job at SAP? And if that's a possibility, what happens to severance?
Cobra coverage for US workers = Joke
SAP promised to treat employees fairly. Fair severance pay but the promise of healthcare coverage was a joke for all impacted in the US. My last day was April 30th at SAP and Cobra documents were sent to me on May 24 and invoice came in mail on June... — read more
layoff advice
Currently on a contract, many teammates were let go including manager. Due to layoffs, we have 3 available headcounts for less experienced people at a lower T level. I qualify for these positions and my contract is ending soon, however, instead of... — read more
There are so many VPs in SAP
There are so many VPs, it has been a standing joke you can throw a stone and hit a VP in SAP.
There are so many directors at SAP
I worked for SAP many years and it has been like this for the longest time. There are so many directors at SAP is a big joke - just do a simple search of the corporate address book where the job title contains the word "director". They are handing... — read more
This is SAP
A Japanese company and a North American company decided to have a canoe race on the St. Lawrence River. Both teams practiced long and hard to reach their peak performance before the race. On the big day, the Japanese won by a mile. The North... — read more
Makes no sense
There are still many persons in SAP who lead teams such as Design Thinking , Enterprise Architecture , Innovation Factory, very fanciful title, and the thing is many of us can’t figure out what they are doing, they sure are paid well! So much this... — read more
SAP is not an integrated ERP, it is a multi SAAS vendor
SAP is not an integrated ERP anymore although it did get its brand from ERP in the past. SAP is a multi SAAS on multi Cloud, no coherent story unless you are so stupid to believe their marketing story, or do the commercial trade in, thinking you got... — read more
Short Term Thinking
SAP is no longer the same SAP it used to be who used to cared for it’s employees. Unfortunately not anymore. SAP board only cares about increasing share price but ignoring their engineering culture and acquiring companies. It’s become all about... — read more
Barry Padgett just left SAP, Who's Next?
Wow, just read that Barry Padgett just left SAP. He was just promoted to a new SAP Intelligent Spend role. Guess they still need to cut their own spending on top brass to meet Elliot's/Wall Streets expectations.
If you are still waiting for your payout, call SAP HR Direct
If anyone is still waiting for their payout you need to call SAP HR Direct. My last day was April 29 and my payout was in my bank account on May 15th. The only reason SAP could legally hold your payout is if you did NOT return SAP equipment. IT gave... — read more
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
IBM is now selling off complete business divisions. IBM laid off so many people over the past 5 years. Some these people ended up working at customers. Others joined partners. Some started their own IT shops. They all return the favor. SAP is no... — read more
When to expect severance pay?
My entire team was laid off on March 4th. Most of us had until April 15th, some April 30th if they had scheduled interviews for other positions. The separation agreement stated that SAP would release the severance and cobra payouts within 60 days... — read more
SAP does not believe in providing any kind of product related training to its employees
I worked there for 8 years and the amount of training I received is laughable. The only training I got was Lean Concept, Design Thinking and some online courses that I took myself. I asked my manager (based in Germany) to help me with a personal... — read more
STOP being used by SAP.
Why be loyal to SAP? SAP will not invest in your professional development, use you to make money, then dump you because your skills are outdated. Wake up!
Internal positions: Truth
SAP has imposed a 2 year wait for all impacted before then can be rehired (even as a c-user). In 2015, it was a 1 year wait
Internal positions
A few words to those who were laid off These internal positions they posted and so generously allow us to apply to are also open to the public, as I do see them posted on indeed, linkedin and dice. In addition, if you are being laid-off, you are also... — read more
German signups for the voluntary and early retirement program on target
The German contribution to the company restructuring has been reported to be on target. After the May 08 registration deadline 1870 employees have registered. Around 1200 are expected to finally leave under one of the programs. Source:... — read more
Underneath the clumsy UI, is a rotting core
When our customers and employees complain about our orrible user experience, a typical argument is that, ERP is designed for serious business and not for pleasing the user like a consumer app. But the UI reflects whay underneath. what I see under the... — read more
Importance Of HANA Cloud
SAP Co-Founder Hasso Plattner Underscores Importance Of HANA Cloud Offerings And Qualtrics Acquisition at SAPPHIRE NOW... — read more
Any rumors of office closures lately?
I believe they still find some locations to be redundant in the company structure especially after the layoffs, so I tend to think it’s only a matter of time before some closures are announced. Any idea where such closures might take place and how... — read more
Restricted Stock when Laid Off
What happens to your restricted stock when you are laid off? Do you get the entire amount, forfeit any unvested amount, or somewhere in between?
Things changed so quickly
I went from actively recruiting people to join SAP to making sure to tell anybody who'll listen to stay away from this place within a year. How did we get where we did in such short time? Was this change really so quick or have I not been paying... — read more
Who thought this was a good idea?
SAP acquired 27 companies between 2011 and 2018. That's 3 companies/year. Getting that many apps, teams, and companies working together is just impossible. Even point to point integration is a nightmare because these apps were never designed to work... — read more
The first wave was just an appetizer
In 2009, SAP had 47,584 employees globally (31 Dec.) for a Total Revenue (IFRS) of 10,672 M EUR. In 2018, SAP had 96,498 employees globally (31 Dec.) for a Total Revenue (IFRS) of 24,708 M EUR. So in 9 years, the Revenue increased by +130% and the... — read more
The SAP acquisition playbook
This really sums up everything in just a few words! https://www.brightworkresearch.com/ahmedazmi/2019/05/04/the-sap-acquisition-playbook/
SAP/Cloud services in the mist
Astute Article by FT on SAP/Cloud services in the Mist **all copyrights belong to FT In mythology, people who walk into fog often fail to reappear. As German tech company SAP pushes further into the cloud, top employees are disappearing. The latest... — read more
'SAP’s Dystopia' (from https://e3zine.com/2019/05/03/saps-dystopia/)
(Sounds like SAP is a sinking aircraft carrier) Under Bill McDermott's reign, SAP is not doing so well, and is turning into a dystopia for customers as a result. What CEO Bill McDermott is currently creating at SAP is the direct opposite of positive... — read more
Any new parts affected by layoffs?
Keeping in mind that we’re a big company, with offices located worldwide,whenever I hear of layoffs I always get the feeling that there are more of them happening in some other “corner” of the company, and that that is in fact an organized wave. So... — read more
HANA
The HANA layoffs are what surprised me, I mean it never really lived up to any of the the hype and the claims of a "zero response DB" is complete BS. With the downright silly hardware costs and insane licensing costs, I think SAP is ready to fall on... — read more
The real story behind SAP layoffs!
The plan was set forth by Bjoern Goerke, chief technology officer and head of SAP’s cloud platform, that SCP will provide the integration platform between acquired SAP cloud apps ( SuccessFactors, Ariba, and Concur). Also, that SCP will provide an... — read more