I've never heard of this happening. It seems that if you get a better offer from another company, SAP will never try to convince you to stay with them.
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It's not likely but I was able to get one. I applied to a small consulting firm externally that gave me a very nice offer and then my boss was able to match the 25 percent raise since he built a business case for me to stay to the next level leader and it was approved within 5 days when I told them I had a 5 day window to sign the contract to leave.
Granted I started at Ariba and had moved over to core SAP that year but I felt like I was still underpaid from an SAP perspective and decided to force my managements hand if they would match or let me go.
They do, i am aware of it
There is options for managers to trigger off cycle promotions / remuneration adjustments. Staff retention/ Counter-offer are some of the options available. Needs to be approved by next level manager but yes it happens.
There is a matching for absolutely high performer, but it’s unlikely to get matched if the other company isn’t Microsoft or Google.
Never heard of a match to a startup or small company offer.
Matching could also result in an absurd RSU package.
This is also a once in a lifetime thing, you won’t get matched twice and if you are matched, there is likely a flag to recheck if it was worth it.
Personally: if you decided to leave, don’t stay, if you just do it for the money: there are better ways (internal transfer, offcycle, peer matching)
Of course they do if you have skills that are vital to the company, your loss would be a huge backlash for the team and your manager knows about that. If you are a slacker however…
100% no, not ever, not even when things were better
Usually not because when people have outside offers they are usually 30-40% higher. SAP can’t match and HR doesn’t like chasing. Better off leaving and coming back in 3 years.