SAP promised to treat employees fairly. Fair severance pay but the promise of healthcare coverage was a joke for all impacted in the US. My last day was April 30th at SAP and Cobra documents were sent to me on May 24 and invoice came in mail on June... — read more 

Currently on a contract, many teammates were let go including manager. Due to layoffs, we have 3 available headcounts for less experienced people at a lower T level. I qualify for these positions and my contract is ending soon, however, instead of... — read more 

There are so many VPs, it has been a standing joke you can throw a stone and hit a VP in SAP.

I worked for SAP many years and it has been like this for the longest time. There are so many directors at SAP is a big joke - just do a simple search of the corporate address book where the job title contains the word "director". They are handing... — read more 

A Japanese company and a North American company decided to have a canoe race on the St. Lawrence River. Both teams practiced long and hard to reach their peak performance before the race. On the big day, the Japanese won by a mile. The North... — read more 

There are still many persons in SAP who lead teams such as Design Thinking , Enterprise Architecture , Innovation Factory, very fanciful title, and the thing is many of us can’t figure out what they are doing, they sure are paid well! So much this... — read more 

SAP is not an integrated ERP anymore although it did get its brand from ERP in the past. SAP is a multi SAAS on multi Cloud, no coherent story unless you are so stupid to believe their marketing story, or do the commercial trade in, thinking you got... — read more 

SAP is no longer the same SAP it used to be who used to cared for it’s employees. Unfortunately not anymore. SAP board only cares about increasing share price but ignoring their engineering culture and acquiring companies. It’s become all about... — read more 

Wow, just read that Barry Padgett just left SAP. He was just promoted to a new SAP Intelligent Spend role. Guess they still need to cut their own spending on top brass to meet Elliot's/Wall Streets expectations.

If anyone is still waiting for their payout you need to call SAP HR Direct. My last day was April 29 and my payout was in my bank account on May 15th. The only reason SAP could legally hold your payout is if you did NOT return SAP equipment. IT gave... — read more 

IBM is now selling off complete business divisions. IBM laid off so many people over the past 5 years. Some these people ended up working at customers. Others joined partners. Some started their own IT shops. They all return the favor. SAP is no... — read more 

My entire team was laid off on March 4th. Most of us had until April 15th, some April 30th if they had scheduled interviews for other positions. The separation agreement stated that SAP would release the severance and cobra payouts within 60 days... — read more 

I worked there for 8 years and the amount of training I received is laughable. The only training I got was Lean Concept, Design Thinking and some online courses that I took myself. I asked my manager (based in Germany) to help me with a personal... — read more 

Why be loyal to SAP? SAP will not invest in your professional development, use you to make money, then dump you because your skills are outdated. Wake up!

SAP has imposed a 2 year wait for all impacted before then can be rehired (even as a c-user). In 2015, it was a 1 year wait

A few words to those who were laid off These internal positions they posted and so generously allow us to apply to are also open to the public, as I do see them posted on indeed, linkedin and dice. In addition, if you are being laid-off, you are also... — read more 

The German contribution to the company restructuring has been reported to be on target. After the May 08 registration deadline 1870 employees have registered. Around 1200 are expected to finally leave under one of the programs. Source:... — read more 

When our customers and employees complain about our orrible user experience, a typical argument is that, ERP is designed for serious business and not for pleasing the user like a consumer app. But the UI reflects whay underneath. what I see under the... — read more 

SAP Co-Founder Hasso Plattner Underscores Importance Of HANA Cloud Offerings And Qualtrics Acquisition at SAPPHIRE NOW... — read more 

I believe they still find some locations to be redundant in the company structure especially after the layoffs, so I tend to think it’s only a matter of time before some closures are announced. Any idea where such closures might take place and how... — read more 

What happens to your restricted stock when you are laid off? Do you get the entire amount, forfeit any unvested amount, or somewhere in between?

I went from actively recruiting people to join SAP to making sure to tell anybody who'll listen to stay away from this place within a year. How did we get where we did in such short time? Was this change really so quick or have I not been paying... — read more 

SAP acquired 27 companies between 2011 and 2018. That's 3 companies/year. Getting that many apps, teams, and companies working together is just impossible. Even point to point integration is a nightmare because these apps were never designed to work... — read more 

In 2009, SAP had 47,584 employees globally (31 Dec.) for a Total Revenue (IFRS) of 10,672 M EUR. In 2018, SAP had 96,498 employees globally (31 Dec.) for a Total Revenue (IFRS) of 24,708 M EUR. So in 9 years, the Revenue increased by +130% and the... — read more 

This really sums up everything in just a few words! https://www.brightworkresearch.com/ahmedazmi/2019/05/04/the-sap-acquisition-playbook/

Astute Article by FT on SAP/Cloud services in the Mist **all copyrights belong to FT In mythology, people who walk into fog often fail to reappear. As German tech company SAP pushes further into the cloud, top employees are disappearing. The latest... — read more 

(Sounds like SAP is a sinking aircraft carrier) Under Bill McDermott's reign, SAP is not doing so well, and is turning into a dystopia for customers as a result. What CEO Bill McDermott is currently creating at SAP is the direct opposite of positive... — read more 

Keeping in mind that we’re a big company, with offices located worldwide,whenever I hear of layoffs I always get the feeling that there are more of them happening in some other “corner” of the company, and that that is in fact an organized wave. So... — read more 

The HANA layoffs are what surprised me, I mean it never really lived up to any of the the hype and the claims of a "zero response DB" is complete BS. With the downright silly hardware costs and insane licensing costs, I think SAP is ready to fall on... — read more 

The plan was set forth by Bjoern Goerke, chief technology officer and head of SAP’s cloud platform, that SCP will provide the integration platform between acquired SAP cloud apps ( SuccessFactors, Ariba, and Concur). Also, that SCP will provide an... — read more 

Elliott has turned its tactics on corporate chieftains, becoming the most feared activist hedge fund around the globe. Last year, the $35 billion fund subjected 24 companies to its demands — far more than any other fund. And while it might be the... — read more 

In my region, entire Analytics Specialist team is eliminated except for one foreigner, after the merge of the Analytics team with the DDM Database team. Then the only one foreigner resigned to join a partner. So we no longer have any Analytics... — read more 

50000 customers at risk. This is what happens when people are not treated fairly or with basic human decency. https://www.google.com/amp/s/uk.mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUKKCN1S80QD

There is a lot of fat in SAP: people who spend their time just networking or creating confusing powerpoint, management travelling around the globe in business class for no outcome, etc. If Elliott can streamline SAP's organization, it will have a... — read more 

I just want to unload a tiny bit here as I am noticing multiple changes in culture, worker engagement and the overall approach towards the work and SAP. The latest round of cuts, the way how cuts got conducted, the selection criteria, etc. crushed... — read more 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/diginomica.com/elliott-management-targets-sap-the-background-and-big-picture/amp/

Question that's been on my mind - even if I haven't been laid off yet. What happens to 401K after layoff for people who have been with SAP for less than three years? Do they get the money that has not vested yet or not? Any info on this would be... — read more 

SAP says the restructuring is to re-balance employee skills. To remove useless employees with new ones with hot skills If that's the case, why axe so many top executives? Why would any company axe their CTO and top product people across the board?... — read more 

Anyone filling a class action lawsuit? SAP has a clear policy to fire older workers based on age alone in order to hire younger people so they can appear being hip, trendy, cool and young. It is part of their corporate strategy and clearly... — read more 

As a lowly tech worker, please help me understand this, how does a vulture capital firm now essentially runs the company by buying less than 1% of the stock? Is SAP's board and CEO really so weak and clueless that they need Gordon Gecko to tell them... — read more