I see several questions on the layoff schedule for Germany and Europe. The layoff plans will be communicated sometimes in April, very likely early on. The management is still negotiating with unions and things as expected are not going super fast. This applies to both Germany and the rest of Europe.
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Personally I doubt there are lists of people in Germany SAP wants to convince to leave. If anything like that was brought to the attention of the works council, they would be up in arms.
One of the reasons why SAP is pretty relaxed about the works council is that the level of unionization amongst German SAP employees is very, very low. Therefore the unions cannot enforce a negotiated salary schema ("Tarifvertrag" in German): in order for a union to force an employer to negotiate, they would need some power, eg the possibility of a massive strike. A successful strike requires both union support (unions paying strike money to partially compensate the missing salaries during a strike, and providing for example legal advice), and a unionized workforce, that is not there. This is not available to the two unions that have a bit of influence at SAP in Germany (verdi, IG Metall).
HOWEVER, if someone would come forward, even anonymously, to the works council with proof that lists of people are compiled, this might be a massive boost for union membership at SAP in Germany. And one thing I know: on the level of Line Managers and Vice Presidents, whom would be tasked with compiling, there are union sympathizers. Therefore I don't think the order to compile such lists could be kept under wraps.
SAP management knows all this, therefore I somehow doubt that there are lists compiled in Germany.
in fact, managers in germany have been asked already back in dec 2018 to provide list with names that somehow should be convinced to leave. up to 25% of team
Should have been fixed end of 19th century in the US, then. Unfortunately, there was no time for that then.
I love my job, my team, my boss, and my company, but don't have the same labour laws.
There will be no forced redundancies in German as far as I know. There is a voluntary early retirement program for which you need to be 55 or older (probably older, as it becomes more attractive the fewer years you have until retirement), and a voluntary severance program, where the package size is dependent on your years of service. My 19 years would probably get me 33 monthly salaries (this was the case in 2015; the current program is negotiated but should not be less attractive from what people heard). However, in my L1 area, no people with Development roles need to apply for the latter, as it is "mutually voluntary", and they want to keep Development colleagues. If you are in Product or Solution roles, or in Sales etc., and have a new job lined up, you can make quite some money.
All of this is due to German (and European!) labour laws, of course.
And no, even if offered, I would not take the money. I like my job, my team, my boss and my company ;)