If layoffs happen before June 1 do they still pay out the annual bonus next year?

CK warned Thursday that the company’s AI transition would be as painful as its shift to the cloud. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-10/sap-extends-chief-people-officer-contract-after-bonus-complaints

When might layoff start. Which organisation and how many. Any insights?

Word to work sentence from our vice president in a call this morning with many managers. According to him, employees are a cost and we need to find ways to reduce costs. If we are not laying off, we can probably put more work on them so they're more... — read more 

Thoughts on this? More general BS or or post large layoff related BS?

Every single round of cuts made me care less. My work ethic has dropped with each one. I just don't see the point anymore.

SAP is under a lot of financial pressure and the only way to fix this is by mass layoffs. Basically, we are investing too much in stock buybacks, AI (data centers and development) and bonuses. The executive board wants to axe the last one and... — read more 

Sounds familiar. “Everyone I talked to is consumed by AI—either how to use it, how to pretend to use it, how much they hate using it, how it’s going to eliminate their position or their company’s product,” he... — read more 

https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/02/sap_teradata_settlement/ This is one of the most loud and clear signals about SAP's lack of ethics and integrity. The court is finding SAP guilty! In June 2018, Teradata sued SAP, alleging the database giant... — read more 

What is happening with SAP Concur? Seems ripe for a full transformation or integration into SAP. After 12 years the company doesn’t “fit” at SAP? Layoffs? Hiring freeze? New Germans? Spin off?

Just what the title says. Change my mind. Here’s my rationale. A public company usually focuses on either profit maximization for its shareholders or customer acquisition for future profit maximization for its shareholders. This usually means heavy... — read more 

260 euros to 175 new target. That is a huge reduction!!!! Why? https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/jpmorgan-cuts-sap-neutral-cloud-085540218.html

SAP has remained committed to the current trajectory despite significant stock decreases and negative feedback from both customers and employees. Stock is now at $175 and forecasts, combined with SAP's stubbornness, imply that it is very unlikely to... — read more 

Share price nosediving. CK and iceman DA staying. MA probably being replaced by JG, the person responsible for messing up HPOM by making DMs people leads (rumor has it that Marty Cagan has disavouwed SAPs HPOM implementation also due to... — read more 

In many discussions with the Betriebsrat, the executive board noted that they won’t push for layoffs in 2026 as long as the share price is above €150. With the global economy crashing and SAP reducing innovation and its core business to curry favor... — read more 

It reaches 158€ ! Any info on the possible causes ?

All European companies hire McKinsey to understand how they can run their business better. But McKinsey is not working for the benefit of these companies or Europe. McKinsey is working for the benefit of billionaires in the US. Recently McKinsey... — read more 

Is off cycle progression still possible?

im sorry for the vague post. i dont have a lot of info and im wondering if anyone has heard anything similar. i have a great relationship with my manager. they told me in our last meeting that they were told to brace for a disruptive announcement. i... — read more 

it should be generally 1st week of march, but no info yet

I came here proud and now I'm just a shell running on fear and threats.

https://www.peoplematters.in/news/strategic-hr/saps-new-bonus-system-rewards-managers-who-missed-targets-faces-employee-backlash-48615

Anyome here moved to a new role internally after less than 12 months in current role? Or know of any colleague who did this.

on the ask me anything session. Here's a summary: "blah blah, strategic blah blah excited, blah blah Ai, blah blah blah No Layoffs" So hard to believe any of this, the actions of the past years do nothing to support them. The leaders are powerless... — read more 

Any effect with performance reviews? Is elevate sap it worth for t4 or t5?

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-02/sap-reorganizes-board-as-ceo-klein-to-focus-on-developing-ai

The new course on SAP Strategy is really inspiring. I love the presentation given by SS. And there are no layoffs mentioned. Looks like we can all breathe freely this year.

Because of pressure from the US administration, SAP stopped most DEI programs in 2025. And now, two. Executive Board members will “step down” or “not renew contracts”. Gina is a woman and was compassionate towards trans employees so she’s gone. We... — read more 

so many roles (cdm, csp, ecsp, dcsp,pl, solution advisors, pmo,architects , cas etc.. so many people managers of inner circle with headcounts moved from different teams just maintain people managers. no womder share price going down

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kyriasoglou_sap-rolled-out-a-new-system-for-stock-based-activity-7433044158757584896-8ztd?utm_source=share&utm_me or direct link to article (behind Bloomberg's... — read more 

No surprises here, we all knew it. The cat is outside the box! References - https://www.gurufocus.com/news/8651387/sap-faces-skepticism-over-ai-tool-joule https://www.cio.com/article/4086426/companies-still-unfamiliar-with-sap-joule.html Many more... — read more 

There is no further talk of layoffs in the coffee corners. Are we safe now? I hope so!

I just got assigned a new manager. He is based in a different location to me, as are almost all of the team. He only comes to my office once a month. Me and one colleague are the only ones out of the 16 team members based in our location, and we... — read more 

Many of us got an email today stating that we are to start evaluating AI responses and tagging cases so that we can give feedback as to why articles are not leading to resolutions. It is being framed like AI is going to be a tool that helps us do... — read more 

Christian and Dominik keep talking about 2% layoffs every year. At the same time, SAP has around 2000 jobs posted on the SAP Careers website. I compared these jobs with the ones in the internal portal. Also applied to quite a few internally and had a... — read more 

In our region, management has begun to tout how HPOM has been incredibly helpful and boosted efficiency, yet they haven't provided any data or examples to back it up. There's a narrative surrounding HPOM that suggests SAP has too many product owners... — read more 

When is the date it's all locked in and cannot be changed for RSU's / pay rises / bonus? Thanks

Spotify says its best developers haven’t written a line of code since December, thanks to AI https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/12/spotify-says-its-best-developers-havent-written-a-line-of-code-since-december-thanks-to-ai/ This is exactly what SAP is... — read more 

The only tech trend that SAP will ever be on top or in front of is "SAP." We hold ourselves back in regard to real progress, implementation, innovation because we can't do a damn thing without stopping to talk about it. We are rewarded not for our... — read more 

I’m curious about these numbers that are shared during the analyst meetings etc. Is there any breakbown of the number or percentages,of existing clients moving to the cloud, and net new clients signing contracts? That would really provide a health... — read more