Starting August 1st, 2025, LeanIX will undergo a legal entity consolidation. While some employees have already transitioned to SAP SE contracts since December 2024, the majority are still under LeanIX GmbH contracts.
What could this change mean for all of us?
Will the entire LeanIX workforce be integrated into SAP, or should we expect some restructuring or role reductions?
Does anyone have insights or updates on what this consolidation might entail?
@ca I really hope that they will divest us at some point. SAP "culture" and Concur culture don't go well together, and we are just a cash cow for them.
Concur - sigh. I loved Concur - the energy and teamwork in Bellevue was palpable back in the day when I joined in 2014. Then SAP acquired Concur and for a little while, we did not hear much from SAP and we were left to continue making it a great success. It was unrivaled in the marketplace, had a great price to value proposition, was a true SaaS company with talented people overflowing with energy, enthusiasm and drive. As SAP got more and more control, everything went downhill. SAP acquires companies for their technology and then slowly ki-ls everything that made the company great - especially the entrepreneurial spirit and culture of collaboration. I ended up working at SAP and can tell you - most people there who are original SAP people - are singularly focussed on keeping their job and politics, and nothing else. I personally witnessed decisions that were good for the company dismissed because the outcome might impact the bloated and blundering management. At Concur - every month we had to perform, and we rose to the challenge. At SAP, that is where mediocre goes to hide. There are more poor performers at SAP who simply play the political games well, or hide in the shadows, or have no independent measurement of job performance - than you can count. SAP takes what was great about a company it acquires and slowly, methodically drains the life from it until it is unrecognizable. So - that is what you have to look forward to!
There is no problem, because you have such a fantastic board. Trust them, they are great.
@bs Concur has not been fully integrated with SAP, and I am thankful for that. We have managed to keep most of our culture intact. Concur has continued to succeed despite the lack of investment since the acquisition.
What I have noticed is that the “closer” Concur gets to SAP, the worse things get. The imposition overly burdensome internal rules and policies that slows us down and often originating from some major misconduct (Or worse) within SAP.
I’ll also mention that the SAP executives that have landed here, have been multiply untalented journeymen. They added nothing, nothing to Concur. We exist despite them, the boards & whatever slimy a-holes that have Concur reporting up to them.
I’d also remind you that the original intent was for Concur to continue to operate with a large amount of autonomy from SAP. Yes, things change, but consider the original plan before you make a statement about how long its taken for Concur to “merge” with SAP.
Additionally, it is not uncommon for acquired companies to have their own separate structure. Particularly, if the new parent company is unfamiliar with the business model, products and marketplace. All of which, SAP didn’t and doesn’t understand about Concur. My preference is for Concur to be spun off by SAP. The relationship has only extracted from Concur, and filled the void absolute meaninglessness.
11 years later, Concur still not “integrated”. Slowest merger ever with separate systems and staff. The area with biggest possible merger synergy besides sales is marketing. Still entirely separate from SAP.
@ae <- What this guy said is spot on. The only question is timing and generally SAP moved slowly on understanding what they bought and then taking action in the form of headcount reduction. Obvious and easy targets are the business support functions like Finance and Human Resources. Sales and Marketing will be next in line after that. Development is usually last unless whole product lines are being cut and the dev talent is in a high cost country. The uncertainty now is SAP has adopted the same playbook used by American tech giants. Instead of being able to set your calendar by headcount reduction, they seem to be hitting us whenever it suits them.
If we start announcing layoffs in tandem with quarterly earnings statements, you’ll know SAP has gone Full American.
@OP integration as usual and then duplicate departments will get reduced, restructured. Same strategy they use for previous mergers. They purchase for technology or clients and then dismantle departments.
Trust the board will do the right thing.