SAP America Reviews in Palo Alto, CA

Pros

- Work culture is good
- Employee benefits are good

Cons

- salary on the lower end when compared to similar jobs

Pros

SAP is a great growth company. The company is providing many great of opportunies to advance my career in the software industry.

Cons

The company is a very large organization and sometime hard to navigate.

Pros

I've had excellent opportunities to advance so far; co-workers are hard working and respectful. Compensation, benefits, work site and ability to travel are all contributors to a solid work environment New executive leadership seems very solid.

Cons

Some quirks due to German ownership/management. Like most tech companies there are frequent reorganizations which can be disruptive. Very sales driven which can defocus on long term needs at times.

Advice to Senior Management

Would ask that leadership continue to invest in workforce skills. Like many tech companies our work force is aging and not all have skills to keep our business competitive.

Pros

Great benefits
Flexible work location(work from home available)
Lots of internal opportunities(lateral moves)

Cons

Promotions are difficult, especially for woman
Hard to connect with coworkers because of dispersed workforce
Spend too much time on internal lobbying

Advice to Senior Management

Reward performance for non-sales positions too
Management has constant changes which result in reorganizations that drain employee resources

Pros

SAP has passionate senior and executive leadership with lots of game changing innovation and an extremely loyal and dedicated customer base - great place to work and sell

Cons

We are still primarily a German-centric company which tends to drain a lot of our more innovative and passionate folks - the german workforce will be our undoing unless they get onboard

Advice to Senior Management

Stay focused on delivering real value to our customers, double-down on our innovation and ensure that we continue to recognize key contributors and invest in thier future

Pros

work at home - good bonuses -- excellent overall benefits

Cons

Re-organize twice a year at least

Pros

Free food, coffee and snacks, work/life/balance programs. Great bonus and salary increases and reward programs for top performers.

Cons

Global company making it hard to make local decisions.

Advice to Senior Management

The leveling of management is not ideal. They are reducing titles to non management while still performing the same job functions.

Pros

Great Benefits and diverse group of people

Cons

Too Big, slow, and too many processes

Advice to Senior Management

Streamline org structure

Pros

It has a lot of potential to learn a lot regarding the software

Cons

it is to bad that if you don't fall into the right click you are an outsider...the Exec Adm staff have too much power...so you pray that they like you if not your life will be a living hell. It could be a great company and great to work for if they only treated and respected everyone.
getting a rasie was a joke....but as long as upper managmenet got their $$$ then life was good
Since you have to spend so much time at your work...it should be a some what pleasent experience...and yes you will have bumps along the way...but..this road is not even paved
I could go on and on...but what is the point..it well never change...they big dogs are making big $$$ on the backs of the everday employees....

Advice to Senior Management

All I can say is you need to treat all your employees like you like to be treated...and stop with all the lies...about more $$$ and promotions...that will never happen unless you like them or they fit into the click....one day you will know what this feels like....it will come around sooner or later that i KNOW

Pros

Lot of training material, Hands on Experience, Exposure to face Customers and get on job experience

Cons

Slow in Employee growth, Work Life Balance.

Advice to Senior Management

Innovate more and make more success