I imagine that in light of the layoffs some locations will be closed( talking about the US). Is there any rumor or any word on what locations are they planning to close? Are they required to give some notice about their intention for closure, if a... — read more 

In case anyone is interested, saw this reported in the Silicon Valley Business Journal today: Citing a “permanent restructuring,” SAP confirmed with the Business Journal Tuesday evening that it is laying off 446 Bay Area employees. The cuts include... — 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 

SAP unfortunately has still not figured out how to get user experience right. Usability is #1 issue customers are facing. Still there is no major investment in UX. I have heard designers even have to struggle to get right and latest design tools... — read more 

UK and Ireland, to be more precise. This has now been talked about enough that I think we can consider it confirmed (despite the suspicious date.) Good luck everybody there - if I'm not mistaken, packages there are better than in the U.S. so look at... — read more 

I’m at a US location but it would be helpful to get info on other worldwide locations as well, as SAP layoffs have the domino effect and they tend to spill to the US in any case, sooner or later. So have any layoffs happened, and if they have what... — read more 

how about merge SAP APJ and SAP GC? it will help the company to save even more money. anyway, GC used to be part of APJ

https://www.zdnet.com/article/under-armour-cites-change-management-woes-with-sap-implementation-as-digital-transformation-stumbles/

Have you all had a situation where your paystubs or W2 are still reflecting the acquired entities. i.c. Concur, or Ariba or SuccessFactors. For which company will you list as your employer in the Unemployment Claims ?

Any layoffs in the US? Any layoffs, period? Can we consider this round completed?

https://m.imgur.com/o7tSq2R

We have been loyal to this company, working on projects and skills that are only of value to this company; almost none of us were looking outside or constantly interviewing or fighting amongst ourselves for the s-xiest of trendiest projects. And now

Not naive to think that layoffs will ever really stop, but there is a physical line under which they can’t lay off otherwise the company wouldn’t be able to operate. How close are we to that line, and is their goal realy to operate with the bare... — read more 

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/revlon-shares-slide-65-after-report-of-material-weakness-in-financial-controls-2019-03-19 The weakness stems from problems Revlon has faced in implementing a new enterprise resource planning system, or ERP, in the... — read more 

We are a big company and the fact that we have an international workforce with offices in various parts of the world smaller portions of layoffs are next to impossible to determine. So, after the official wave I think that they will continue with... — read more 

An article that actually calls out SAP for getting rid of some of its top talent - color me shocked! SAP signals cloud intent as it ousts top in-house programmers... — read more 

Good management wouldn't let us guess for weeks about what's going on - they'd be honest and communicate what their plans are - for better or worse - instead of leaving us in the dark. It's sad that we have to guess and search for clues outside of... — read more 

Some Peoples are converted from contract to permanent based on performance. in my LOB peoples are removed based on who converted in the last 1.5 years. Who requested to convert. if the peoples are converted at least they should stay with parent... — read more 

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/technology/sap-signals-cloud-intent-as-it-ousts-top-in-house-programmers-11362782

Is there anybody? From what I've heard and read, if I'm laid off i'm royally screwed. Finding a job will either be impossible due to my age or the pay will be (at best) half of what I'm making now. Is there anybody out there who will actually be... — read more 

Why fresher does not get job in sap abap ...?

Maybe somebody here will find this useful... Nothing groundbreaking in there, but it's still worth a read... At least in my opinion... How To Respond To A Layoff Notice... — read more 

I have a simple question - why does this entire industry believe that laying off employees with most knowledge and experience will solve problems that were not created by them, but by the inadequate and self serving upper management? I'm pretty sure... — read more 

I believe the numbers go a lot higher than what the company is reporting to the media. Given the fact that these layoffs were done in multiple countries and in multiple locations I imagine it was rather easy to hide the real number of heads that was... — read more 

If this is true, SAP developers are going the way of the dinosaur. https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6513163664122474496

The entire thing is a farce. It's a cost cutting measure, no matter how they try to spin it. If they truly were strategic instead of being top down numbers, they wouldn't have laid off a mere 6 people spread across a variety of teams in CoE North... — read more 

Our team was stretched thin as it is - and we are down three people. How exactly are we supposed to finish anything on time from now on when we could barely do it before? Whoever made the decision on who to lay off had no idea what they were doing -... — read more 

I would appreciate if SAP people posted if layoffs are continuing and if they are at what locations? Any opinions whether cuts will continue throughout this week and are they gonna continue being worldwide?

Total layoff stand @550 in US? Or more than that?

Wondering if there could be lawsuits against SAP for discriminating offering VERP based on different ages. In the U.S, VERP is offered to those 59 and above, in Canada it's 58 and above and in Germany it's 55 and above. Would these lawsuits hold... — read more 

Anyone who thinks that this is a sole wave and who survived is safe now, is being naive. So my question is when can we expect a second wave? Maybe they will try to do it in smaller portions and in a longer period of time, avoiding the sensation of an... — read more 

HR has handled this so poorly. Case in point: an emploee on leave to bury a parent laid off while sitting at the funeral home (yes, said employee asked to reschedule the meeting and told HR why), an employee promoted 3 weeks before has their job... — read more 

Now that US VERP have declared, is anyone hearing about a second round to make the target number? Does anyone have a POV on Bill’s last Friday call with VP+?

Over 10 years in SAP Asia as an employee here. Had started with dedication and loyalty to a quality company, with that constant tension between Engineering and Sales, but things were still ok, customers were the focus. BUT it changed. Last few years... — read more 

What were you told is your last day?

Maybe I'm oversimplifying the whole situation, but it’s a fact that almost all of the laid off employees were not management of any kind, but “regular” employees. How the hell can trimming the number of those who bring actual value to the company and... — read more 

Hi, Does any one knows what is the severence package sap is offering in India, i got to know that in Singapore it is 1 month for every year spent in sap, in US it is 2 weeks. if someone brought car from car lease policy, should we have to buy it if... — read more 

https://e3zine.com/2019/03/15/the-layoff-sap-destroying-itself/amp/

https://www.cmswire.com/information-management/a-tale-of-two-saps/ “SAP has decided to undertake a company-wide restructuring program in 2019 across all board areas... SAP currently estimates that globally approximately 4,400 employees across all... — read more