SAP Reviews

Pros

great product and some very good people on the ground allow delivering good solutions to customers. great network of customers and partners. many open minded colleagues

Cons

very complex organization and too many silos, many parts of organization only inbound focused, senior management lacks often view of the whole

Advice to Senior Management

get back to basics, value people more, reduce virtualization, increase transparency, treat all employees equal

Pros

Wealthy company willing to pay well. Negotiate hard

Cons

Managers have poor technique and don't inspire. Culture is dull

Advice to Senior Management

fire some mid-mgmt, they get in the way

Pros

Benefits, anle to work remotly, positive work environment, a lot of opportunity for growth

Cons

Contractors are under paid, hard to obtain position if you do know someone within the company , a lot of traveling required for upper management makibg it hard to have a family

Pros

- godd oportunities to learn and get a wide expertize
- good benefits package

Cons

- senior management has no ideas how to keep the market leader position
- salaries should be much higher to keep the most valuable employes on board

Advice to Senior Management

think positive

Pros

- lot of learning oppurtunities
- customers from all kinds of industries
- focus on new prod & tech
- free lunch :)

Cons

- if you work in their prop. technology, it is too easy to develop app and you wont move outside your comfort zone

Advice to Senior Management

- reflect company vission of making better software throughout the teams and manage talented people with proper recognition and oppurtunity to grow within the company

Pros

I regard the integrity and loyalty of SAP as a company. I've seen a lot out there, and transparency and honesty in this industry is not always valued (anymore).

Cons

The enterprise software market moves at a glacial pace, please be aware of that. This is a problem for the entrepreneur, especially when being located in the Silicon Valley.

Advice to Senior Management

Identify and nurture your employees willing to take risk and explore new things.

Pros

Access to SAP's latest product release.

Cons

Very high level of office politics and very less opportunity to grow.
Highly unprofessional management team.
Never think of going again.
Never bother about you or your personal life.

Advice to Senior Management

Change the culture in company to make it employee friendly because remember you are also an employee of this company and the moment you need your company to support you, it will behave the same way as you behaved with your subordinates.

Pros

The people work very hard and long hours.
Good team work and multicultural.

Cons

Management team is made of very close friends or ex-colleagues.
The management style is very aggressive and intimidating. There is a laddish culture.
People are obsess with their job title... the result we have senior managers/ Directors/VPs with low skills.
That’s why I left…

Advice to Senior Management

Regime change but done in proper way...

Pros

The best things are the diversity of employees, benefits (including a decent free lunch) and work location in Palo Alto.

Cons

Most of the non-technical opportunities are at other locations such as Newtown Square, PA or the headquarters in Waldorf Germany.

Advice to Senior Management

The work facilities are being designed to encourage employees to work at home. This seems to be contrary to the efforts to encourage onsite interaction.

Pros

worldwide company, new technology, intelligent people

Cons

bureaucratic, no promotion, self-centric management, plenty of corporate fat cats (middle management nothing doing)

Advice to Senior Management

Support and commit with the talent people when calling them, not just political speeches.
Faster hiring, promote the talented people.