Pros

Progressive vision, passionate employees, very smar, and talented colleagues. There is a very good atmosphere of teamwork and coperation. There does exist a chance to make an imapct, if you are aligned in certain segments of the company.

Cons

Downsides of Ariba include limited advancement opps within sales/account management, a comp plan to is not quite on par with other SaaS companies, and a very challenging internal beaurocravy.

Advice to Senior Management

Continue to invest in technology advancement, create an affordable mid-market solution, limit internal red-tape to speed deal volocity, improve customer service,offer more options for internal adancement.