SAP America Reviews

Pros

Numerous opportunities to expand skills
Very developmentally positive
Mentor program
Great environment
Family oriented culture

Cons

Travel can be extensive
Management - not as many women

Advice to Senior Management

Provide more management opportunities for women.

Pros

Decent place to work. Compensation is good. Work/life balance is excellent. Lots of promotion from within.

Cons

Communication is terrible. Very much an account executive driven organization. Still selling technology solutions and not business drivers. Line of business products are still average.

Pros

Software company. Opportunities to learn & grow

Cons

Dead wood who will retire & will never get fired as they have figured to work the system. Corporate politics.

Advice to Senior Management

Churn the sernior management more often. Too many parties at senior management & leadership level leading to inefficiency & politics.

Pros

Great knowledge sharing and support between employees and management. It is a good team atmosphere where your peers will help out as much as possible.

Cons

Not a great place to achieve career advancemen within you currently role. Typically, employees have to leave SAP and get rehired to make any significant advances.

Advice to Senior Management

There is too much overhead in upper management and not enough "worker bees". Also, the pay structure is lacking competitive real substance.

Pros

Work Life Balance, Telecommuting, Job Growth, Exceptional Training Available. Overall SAP America, Inc. has been the best company I've worked for.

Cons

If you're not in Sales or Development you sometimes feel there is not much room for advancement and or recognition.

Advice to Senior Management

Although your schedules are very busy, take some time out to help mentor those who are aiming to move higher up within the company. Help to develop qualified talent from within.

Pros

Work life balance is good.

Cons

Do not expect much growth.

Advice to Senior Management

Need to be more transparent.

Pros

SAP has good compensation and benefits. They also have hired folks with high level of professional knowledge. There is a high degree of integrity and honesty in sales and marketing.

Cons

There is a lot of disconnect between the different acquired business units. The salesperson is expected to be on the road 4 days a week.

Pros

Proud and passionate workforce, great ethics

Cons

Politics
Managers are managing up only
No careers outside management positions

Advice to Senior Management

Too many managers
Create opportunities outside management positions
Talent wasted by moving experts into managment positions as the only way to advance in a career

Pros

Great knowledgeable co-workers and Good Management

Cons

Work is demanding and sometimes need to work on the weekends too

Pros

-Very experienced and talented employees
-Diverse workforce
-Opportunities for global exposure
-Collaborative

Cons

-Tough economic environment is hurting SAP's growth..

Advice to Senior Management

-Create more avenues for summer interns to return as full-time employees
-Create more rotation opportunities spanning locations outside the US