A pathetic work culture - Director of Sales SAP Employee Review

1.0
Nov 1, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Absolutely none for Business teams.

Cons

Your experience at SAP will depend entirely on the department that you have joined. If you have joined SAP Labs, you can even retire from there. Most folks in SAP Labs have been there for 20+ years. It's very safe for techies, although SAP has unable to develop in house even 1 futuristic product over 35 years. Shocking! If you have joined SAP in the Business side (Sales/Marketing/Customer Facing roles), then there's a good chance you won't last for 20 months unless: 1. You have a god father in the company 2. You have joined as a management trainee If you join as a lateral recruit in the sales & marketing side, from other organizations, without knowing anyone powerful inside, then God help you. All the plum roles have already been grabbed internally by the old timers. The newly created experimental roles (whose life depends on whether the business did well or not), & the junior most roles are what is published for externals. So be very cautious before taking up a SAP offer. If you think you will rise purely on merit, you would be extremely disappointed. Finally, 90% + people in the Business teams don't earn much incentives. So you will rarely be earning your annual CTC.

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Cons

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4.0
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Pros

The people at SAP are genuinely nice, and the culture is generally supportive. The work-life balance is good to an extent, but when you're busy, you're BUSY. SAP is highly complex so expect to take a year to ramp up.

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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