Thread regarding SAP layoffs

Appreciate all the comments for the post including negatives and rude ones (majority). @1xzv+1s6bjeAk the sentence is a free interpretation of a Luis Malle's movie dialogue, nothing more.. , BTW Yes, I am upset and I am not definitively in pre-teen phase..I used to be part of Multinational IT companies from many years and unfortunately I passed trough this stuff (even if not directly impacted ) many times... And this was exactly the purpose of the provocative small "verse". There are many other posts related to the "Why me ? ". While could be challenging understanding that is the nature of this kind of processes, even if you are not an underperformer, even if you always tick your boxes on what your duty was requiring, you will land into an excel as a number to get rid off. There is not a good or bad way in doing that but allow me to say that there should be a better way to drive this "transformation" instead of dragging for month employee expectations, ambiguity on impacted roles and reskilling programs. World is changing , competition is fierce outside and probably we deluded ourself to think that the company shaped like Bill's left could survive w/o major profound impacts , to much to swallow. @fvh+1s6bjeAk I have already get rid of it, but thanks to remind to us one of the golden rules of life.

@OP+1s6bjeAk - clarify what you mean by dangerous in your last sentence.

"...those who have suffered damage are dangerous..."

Times like these require progress in one's self and among the greater good to hold distrustful people accountable by lasting ways. Anything irrational will not achieve either of those.

Get involved by contacting your congressional or parliamentary representative and the EU Commission.
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The last sentence reads like a manifesto before somebody goes postal, this is a completely histrionic response to a normal albeit upsetting part of being an employee rather than being self employed.

Be upset, vent online - sure

When it comes to posting bizarre barely veiled threats this is not something others should be upvoting/encouraging

Most of you commenters are savage di-ks… OP is upset, and you tell them to get over it. How about you shut your mouths and move along. I’m so disguised right now. I’m sorry OP for people on this site. Not everyone is so rude.

The drama of the original post is arguably surpassed by weakness in the "get over it" comments. If it wasn't for some wise advice to save money & keep learning this lot would be 100% pathetic.
Where's your inner Joe Strummer?
If everyone had this 'oh well' attitude The Jungle would have never been written and the EU labour laws wouldn't be around.

Don't diminish the anger. Lose the drama, but not the backbone to standup to distrustful management. Channel the anger towards even stronger labor laws to hold CEOs & CFOs accountable for sending jobs to lower cost markets.

Dominik Asam lied to all of you in January about this 'restructuring' not being about investors. He also told you that your stock grants were too expensive, the ones granted in lieu of your small increases. Are you not insulted?

Sounds like a first timer. The first time I was laid off it was like I was ran over by a semi. The shock of it. Not working. No income. How to pay the bills? How long will savings last? What is this thing called unemployment. Why do I have the urge to start drinking at noon?

I will say this - don't ever assume any company, anywhere knows what it is doing. Don't assume any bank, or government, or any human driven system, is efficient and fair. Yes, there are exceptions, but humans are bad at this for many reasons.

It will take some time, but once you have been through this a few times, you will understand it is the way of corporate things.

Many, many, companies in the past have done this and are no longer with us except in fading memories. Remember Sun Microsystems? Remember Digital Equipment? So many have gone into extinction, which is something humans do very well, is drive things to extinction. And those who will make money off that drive will do so without a second thought. Me first, all about me, me world. We see this everywhere, people put themselves first and don't even notice the people they are hurting or impacting in a negative way.

Just imagine working at the Bank of Karma, that has to be a complicated job, but I imagine those who work on the negative funds are doing quite well. And many people invest heavily, but don't realize what the return will be ... until it's too late ...

The lesson here is that no one should sacrifice too much for a corporation. It’s a job not a vocation.

Wow. Someone comes here hurt and laid off and the comments are all about get over it. So little empathy

Feel sorry for the OP of this thread. You can’t take a layoff so personally. This should be a reminder to the Youth. Family should come first above career. You can always find work, your Children will grow up so fast so please enjoy them.
SAP or any other corporation views you as a number, nothing more.

I would agree with the comment about this being a bit... uh... over top.

No. SAP is not evil. It is a major global corporation that is, candidly, a bit of a joke as the geniuses running the place haven't come up with anything new or brilliant in years. Somehow, just somehow I can assure you, they will sc--w up this whole AI thing.

This is all Capitalism 101. Guys in power (with no real evident skills) who are trying to satisfy shareholders by sh-----g all over those not in power. We all bought into this nightmare and have been living off of it. As I told a mentee of mine today, learn from this, remember what is happening around you, decide what there is about it that makes you slightly nauseous, and then remember to never be that way. Also, you cannot beat those in power... so all you can do is do the things you can do to protect yourself --- never stop learning, save money, create your own security. You are, at the end of the day, regardless of how many emails you get about inclusion, regardless of how many happyfaceheart emojis rise up from leadership calls like the stench from a pile of horsesh-t, just a name on a list. Protect yourself, because you are not likely to find anyone who you work with or for who is willing to take a bullet for you....

SAPis not evil, selfishness, or lacking in respect and gratitude. They are a corporation that paid you for your labour. They paid you fairly and now they owe you severance and that is it.

Most pre-teens are less dramatic than this.

Get over it. This kind of thing has been happening in corporations since corporations were invented. Corporations are not fair or sympathetic or smart. They make the wrong decisions when business is good -- too many acquisitions, too many new buildings, too many new workspaces, too many new employees, too many raises (deserved or otherwise) -- and when business is bad, employees are the first to go. If you are lucky enough to make it to retirement through years of a corporate job, bravo. If not, dispense with the dramatics, get on with your life, and most importantly, drop the negativity. It will only act as a magnet for bringing more negativity into your life. Will these people pay for the “evil” they have done? Who knows and who cares. Control the things you can control. Direct positive energy towards finding the next job and not crying over the old one.

This is too dramatic even for LinkedIn.

Well said. I am watching this from the outside, having escaped SAP three years ago when the writing was on the wall and when HR did nothing about the bullying abuse many of us experienced by a Walldorf leader, who is close to CK.

I am surprised that nobody is expressing all this publicly. CK is on LI and so is Julia White, both talking about trust, collaboration etc. Why not expose them if you have nothing to lose?