SAP is a 24/7 sweat shop that has pretty nice office accommodations. - Human Resources SAP Employee Review

1.0
Feb 20, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Working at SAP provides the employee the chance to learn from very bright colleagues. Often able to work remotely 2 or more days a week

Cons

SAP is a coporate, political jungle where the best and brightest ideas, insights, and even questions are stiffled. IF there's even time to do it, very few meaningful learning opportunities exist beyond e-learning and learning on the job (often under less-than-ideal conditions). The top performers, <10% of the workforce get the most development opportunities in an effort to keep them from leaving the company. Interesting since most people leave within 3 years and they (the 10%) are the ones who need it the least. There's very little trust at SAP and work/Life balance does not exist at SAP. Your workload will almost always be enough work for 2 - 3 people. Because it is a global company, it is common to start your day at 6am (sometimes as early as 3am) with a conference call and end the same day with another meeting at 9pm in order to accommodate colleagues in a different time zone. 3 - 5 year strategic plans change significantly every few months. That means that the work done for projects and/or objectives that were agreed upon at the beginning of the year was all for nothing. There are multiple re-orgs and people change managers (assigned new managers) like they change socks. I had 6 manager changes in 4 years.

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Cons

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4.0
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Pros

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Cons

Only way to get a high salary is if you're hired externally. They do not reward employees who are loyal to the company. Closed opportunities often have to go through the Compensation Exception Committee, creating uncertainty around earnings. Prepare for constant change, whether that's solutions being removed from your sales bag, account shifts, territory realignments, or changing compensation policies. Quotas can be difficult to attain

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