Worst company ever! Even at firing people very slow

Concur's Fred is playing the self-deprecating, label-obsessed concerned exec to the hilt. Where's that swear jar when he needs it?

Will DevBuddy actually save the Reston office?

Placeholder for the commentary thread for this afternoon's upcoming Fred AMA.

Please read the article (you can use the translate option) - about how SAP in CR treats the disabled, the unions, the veterans of Ukrainian war and what kind of person is going to sit in the SVB, "representing... — read more 

Thoughts? Fred looks pained, mentioning his own experience of having had to directly lay off 43 of his own reports last week.

Anyone knows GCN numbers?

2024 - April 15 to April 19th Updates Found here https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1s3swiqD

I'm guessing our current roles are their future roles in 2024 / 2025? The construction of the 15k employee 2nd campus in Bangalore should be finished next year. ... — read more 

My Colleague had a heart attack and is in hospital, as he couldn't digest this news. Very sad about his and their family's situation. He has been a top performer all these years. Who is responsible for his situation?

I worry if I am considered as high pay group and next chop is waiting for me. My salary is like 136k with over 15 yrs of experience. Should I be worried? I don’t want to get a promotion anymore.

I have a 3 day meeting in HY in May Does office offer shuttle from airport like we have in Waldorf?

Having found a job after 6 months, I am only making 53% of what I made at my last place. Anything that can be done remotely, can be done cheaper so the ride is over I think.

It's not a good plan but I figure if they fire the best people around me what's the point in being here? Sure the market is bad but SAP already pays terribly and when eventually I find a new job I'll actually get paid market rate. Fu-k this place.

It's bewildering to me why SAP believes it's acceptable to subject people to this rollercoaster ride of anxiety. In 2022, despite receiving tempting offers from competitors, I made the conscious decision to remain loyal to SAP because I genuinely... — read more 

Can those effected by layoff get state unemployment benefit also with the severance e?

What does the Office of People And Culture plan on doing to fix this? Need names of who I should contact And I will....

Is there enough bad feelings for a 24 HR general strike amongst all the staff on workers day on the 1st of march?

Because no one can tell me. It’s not disciplinary. It’s not performance. It’s not salary. I’ve gotten quarterly awards, my customers are used for references. My direct manager is furious and left with nothing either.

Hi Joseph, Thank you for contacting us. I have escalated this to a senior member of the Content team to help resolve your issue as quickly as possible. I wanted to let you know that we do have a high volume of cases coming in currently, so there... — read more 

They (SL & ME) are once again stating that there are positions to transfer to and reskilling opportunities. Has anyone located these magical opportunities? They are doing their best to disguise this offshoring as anything but offshoring. Lots of... — read more 

In the past email from the outgoing ECF they mention that not only can effected employees have another colleague represent their group in the consultation process, but that a suitably qualified external party can represent affected staff during the... — read more 

CoE india impact?

We received an email that he will discuss our transformation on Monday and offer some thoughts. What can we expect?

https://www.boersen-zeitung.de/personen/sap-will-aufsichtsratschef-deutlich-mehr-bezahlen SAP proposed base salary of 600,000 Euros

I want to look you in the eyes the moment you tell me that I am no longer useful, when you tell me that all the years spent taking time away from my family to support this company and bring the business that also contributed to your miserable... — read more 

I am just going to put out my thoughts, throughout this “restructure” I am applaud at the way us (the employees) have attacked one another. At the end of the day the only ones that should be attacked is the company and its board members and... — read more 

They wanted to give hasso an easy pass to sell his shares at all time high. And they did all this nonsense to kickoff the share price, they are even manipulating the account books as well to show inflated profits . In a year or 2 CK will exit and... — read more 

Which locations do you know?

Add Dallas, Texas to the list. Any numbers?

So far haven’t heard anything about India, Singapore, China

Minneapolis, Minnesota (US) also affected. Anyone have numbers or percentage?

Heard of any layoffs in engineering from the Palo Alto office?

Is there any good manager giving any sign saying we are done for this round?

Has anyone been affected from this board area, specifically the new strategy and operations area? They combined so many teams into one I had assumed there would be some major cuts there.

Hi, I was there any news on Romania, especially on Cluj? I work for another SAP entity in another country but I consider relocation to Cluj, Romania - so I wonder what impact Romania has and how they handle it

Not to worry, here is where the salaries of the damned are going… Join us at #SAPSapphire for a star-studded keynote from the incredible Reese Witherspoon! Get ready to be inspired as she shares her personal journey to bring out her best. ✨... — read more 

I was part of 2021 SAP layoffs and have since been laid off two additional times by tech firms. It’s a really tough market and am curious what folks impacted this year are doing to secure new roles. I’m contacting people in my network at AWS, Google... — read more 

I've heard of colleagues in Prague getting impacted, which shocked the he-l out of me, as I thought the Finance Shared Services were explicitly off-limits (guess that changed with the shift to our less than stellar new CFO.) Haven't heard of... — read more