Have the 8k names be selected by now and if so, would the line managers have been informed yet?

Wow…I cannot believe how disorganized they are with this round of voluntary packages. They said in a call yesterday that it would be 2 more weeks before notifications are sent. So poorly executed for a company of this size that preaches empathy and... — read more 

For example, MU AE (IAE in south region) or ISBN AE (ISNM specialist ae aligned to a patch)

The Jeffersons theme song? Really? Is no one embarassed by this lame effort to keep the minions calm about rto?

How can it be that difficult for SAP to actually retain recognized, experienced leaders to run the corporation ?  Well, it must be staggeringly difficult when you look at our  leadership at both Global and Regional levels.   SAP has been and... — read more 

https://www.cio.com/article/1303774/sap-and-ibm-under-scanner-of-indian-investigative-agency-for-air-india-deal.html

After having read this article : https://www.business-standard.com/companies/news/sap-labs-to-double-artificial-intelligence-talent-base-in-india-by-2024-123091400860_1.html I wonder if the plan would not be to replace old German ABAP developers with... — read more 

Read this article to understand parts of this post: https://joshbersin.com/2024/02/why-do-companies-hire-too-many-people/ As the news of 8K effected SAP colleagues has sunk in, and as tech industry layoffs continue, it’s safe to say that what many... — read more 

How did we get here is something  which  is as much about organizational structure as it is about market scale.  The fact is there are probably many reasons as to how we got to such a place, I focus on one of these below. It has already been stated ... — read more 

Want a lousy company. Layoffs anyone?

With the new GTM towards new customer archetypes, what are your thoughts of how the sales function will be impacted? Will some mid market field sales members be downgraded into lower T grades in the Digital Hub? Will sales specialists for farm... — read more 

This is an open question. For sure as SAP has evolved and grown it has always invested and spent money on the nicest offices in whatever geography we were in. All of our offices were built to impress. When you just look at North America, SAP has... — read more 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-31/sap-employees-protest-rule-for-three-day-a-week-return-to-office

What does the experts think? Some factors against it for companies: Trusting external cloud providers with sensitive data Cloud benefits vs incremental costs Failed migrations, difficult customisations Data lock-ins and access lockouts in... — read more 

Make no mistake they should call it what it is outsourcing and not restructuring. Last year it was laying off people in higher paying markets and moving the jobs to India, Brazil and Budapest. This will more than likely be the same especially since... — read more 

The recording of the global employee meeting last week has been heavily censored. For the first time ever SAP are not making a recording of an all-employee meetings available for all, so if you missed it because of your timezone or by putting... — read more 

As it turns out, Punit Renjen had a much easier path towards our Chairman role than perhaps meets the eye. That is due to the fact that all of the largest SAP shareholders (who of course vote for the Chairman) are all customers of Deloitte. This ... — read more 

Any thoughts or rumors on how the layoffs will impact shared service delivery teams.

If the true plan is to get 2/3rds of the affected workers to get other jobs in the company, why aren't they stopping external hiring?...

Watching the All Hands it seems Christian Klein cares very little about the employees at SAP. He callously announces 8000 layoffs and smirks when someone dares to challenge him with questions. People who are close to retiring who may be effected ask... — read more 

Just use the Translate option if you don't speak German. Would be good if it went... — read more 

I am the person who posted the youtube link the other day on Punit Renjen's ET interview and also posted some feedback from my team's private call we had yesterday. On some more reflection. I began to think about what we know and don't know about... — read more 

At this point I firmly believe that top mgmt in most companies derive some type of strange pleasure from complete and utter disrespect of employees. They want to restructure, so they sack people? That is ok with me. They want to cut costs, so they... — read more 

$150K is a rough estimate, but the point is made. Who will be held accountable for this, and why will leadership not speak of this obvious consequence?

Well now the curtain has opened and we can look behind to see the real story. We can all now say with confidence that this whole plan was carefully orchestrated by Renjen who was providing the gameplan to CK and the other so called Executive team... — read more 

or looking to creating your next opportunity outsider Its that simple, SAP doesn’t owe you, and you don’t owe SAP anything… Use SAP resources to work for yourself.

We've increased shares and benefits for employees, but if we look at [[financial stuff about share price and value for shareholders and etc]] that obviously was not a good investment. It wasn't worth the money spent. He said that out loud to an... — read more 

… but looking at Christians performance, I wish we could have Bill back. SAP should sell off Signavio (it was never integrated properly anyway) and merge with ServiceNow. Give the boot to Christian and reinstall Bill. Sheesh, at the time I thought... — read more 

SAP announced a restructuring plan that will affect over 7% of SAP’s workforce of about 108,000, but headcount should be the same by year end, the company said. Management is looking to accelerate growth, partly through artificial intelligence... — read more 

I joined SAP three years ago after being laid off from my old company. What I remember the most is the wait. It took them a month from the announcement to finally get it done, and that month remains the worst and most stressful of my life. When it... — read more 

Does it include payouts? Is it similar to severance pay? Appreciate any experiences that you can share.

Assuming due to bonus payout. From internal FAQ: (3) Which countries/Board areas/teams are particularly impacted? At this point in time, we are unable to share specific details on the impact at Board area or country level. (4) When will impacted... — read more 

ICYMI, a Cloudfare AE recorded and posted her firing online. Let’s see how SAP “rises to the occasion” of being the “people-centric” organization it touts itself as and follow her example. If you get a 15 minute meeting request from HR, get your... — read more 

come back to the office, so you can get fired in person, just like the old days. This comes with a 20% increase in cloud revenue...... corporate greed just blows my mind.

Latest media report updated - January 23, 2024 at 10:26 pm CET Check for yourself and evaluate: .. — read more 

Info went up for investors, around 8k positions affected by the restructuring https://www.sap.com/investors/en/financial-news/ad-hoc-news/2024/01/2690989.html