Software AG North America Reviews

Pros

Some decent technology, such as the integration technologies from the webMethods acquisition and the acquisition of IDS Scheer. Good benefits package, and Software AG kicks in for 401K which isn't as common as you might think in tech.

Cons

SoftwareAG is legendary for being slow moving, and believing the world is the way they see it. Seriously in need of some market leading (rather than market following) technology leadership, rather than Ivory Tower academics. Other companies are inventing the future, Software AG is often distantly following.

Advice to Senior Management

Stop blaming your customers for your problems. The technology world is NOT the way you see it. It's not standing still, waiting for SofwareAG to catch up. It's moved on to newer ways of doing things, such as virtualization, cloud technologies, and lower effort ways of building applications. The effort involved in upgrading, patching, administering, and supporting your products is often crippling to your customers, and many of them are moving to solutions which are far simpler to maintain.

Pros

Good products
Fair benefits
Smart people
Good job with acquiring talent
Depending on division--flexible schedule
Great location 
People seem to make  the best out of situation

Cons

 Employees are not empowered
Poor managers
Very little communication from HQ or mgmt in NA
Company's policies are not employee friendly--ex. trying to get reimbursed for expenses is laborious and takes too long to get your money - extremely frustrating when you travel frequently 
Very little automation
HR  un-effective -no programs /non revenue generating employees unappreciated (low salaries)
Risk adverse

All items above can be rectified if senior management would focus a bit on their employees than profits.

Advice to Senior Management

More collaboration between countries
Encourage communication between countries
Consistent communication
Software AG has great potential and great products
Human Capital is your greatest resource 

Pros

Be able to get some international exposure. Be able to work with diverse technologies in different spaces. Generally good working environments

Cons

the internal process (a.k.a red tapes) is a little too much. Frequent acquisitions add to product offering, but in the meantime, seems to blur the focus.

Advice to Senior Management

the internal process (a.k.a red tapes) is a little too much. Frequent acquisitions add to product offering, but in the meantime, seems to blur the focus.

Pros

At least in the webMethods units the technology is interesting and the people are smart. They pay well and company performance is reliable (resulting in good bonuses).

Cons

SAG has not made the transition to a multi-national company despite doing business and having offices in many countries. The senior leadership still looks upon all non-German locations with some level of disdain. The viewing of eastern Europe and India as purely cheap labor is short sighted.

Advice to Senior Management

Think globally. Understand that innovation, creativity and leadership can come from everywhere. Distribute authority and empower those that have the ability.

Pros

don't see the boss ever in any form

Cons

everything that happens to its employees are bad

Advice to Senior Management

pay up - you pay very little

Pros

Great Career opportunities and new team building initiatives. This is the time to start defining how you want to work and creating your own work life balance.

Cons

Still defineg the way forward - can feel uncertain but it's certainly challenging

Advice to Senior Management

Lets keep improving - by constantly pulse cheacking to see if what we are doing is working.... And giving the opportunity to grow.

Pros

* Management make sure good work life balance.
* Decent pay
* Flexible timings
* WFH options

Cons

* Senior management does not manage things when needed
* No innovations
* No proper technical trainings
* More attention to soft skills than technical skills

Advice to Senior Management

* Encourage innovations by giving constant technical assistant to the employees
* Dont rely only on soft skills only. * Try to retain bright talents by rewarding them at right time.

Pros

1. Good compensation.
2 .Flexible working hours and working from home facility
3. No Dress Code.
4. Good work-life balance

Very good place to work if you want to retire here. Leave peacefully with a good salary. In that case you can ignore the bogus lectures from the management.

Cons

1. Work is junk and only the works overflowed from US done in Bangalore
2. Management is incompetent and they just follow orders of their bosses from abroad.
3. Unfair promotion and recognition process. People who shout get the attention only.
4.Management has no intention to improve the technical ability of the people. They are more interested on some junk HR activities.

Advice to Senior Management

Don't force junk HR activities and useless processes to employees without understanding their pros and cons. Don't create processes for the sake of creation which is just to show your own boss that "you are doing something".

Pros

Good products, solid foundation for core products and good market base
Worker bees are fun and know how to have fun.. People are in general smart and know what works and get it working.. Mid level management is an issue that webm has to resolve. Way too restrictive in policies.. Delineate EU ops and US ops.. mixing the two wont work.

Cons

F&A is too restrictive for any "fun".. Good old days are gone!
No career paths, no growth in the field..

Advice to Senior Management

Start listening to what customers and field service people are saying..

Pros

Very good environment to work. People in the groups are very helpful and support you in your activities. Very little distractions in the company.

Cons

Location is not perfect. IT infrastructure is not upto the industry standards. Communication from top management is non existent...although it is there.

Advice to Senior Management

Improving the communication with the employees might be good start. Benefits and salary increase might a good thing to do. Improving the IT infrastructure so that people can really work might be a good idea too