Pros
Some really nice people to work with , SAP skills in demand in current market, free food and if you don't give a hoot you can bail at 2:30 every Friday
Cons
Management from the top down are a disgrace , just because you all try to portray a professional appearance, wear baggy suits or dress like its your first holy communion it doesn't mean you have a happy work force and people can easily understand that your intentions aren't in their best interests. This is focused on CoE Ireland and not other departments like development which have really good management and happy workers. Mass exodus under way and from what I hear it will long continue , pay after 3 to 4 years stagnates and you would make a better living selling your eyelashes on eBay. Any issues get swept under the rug and this is down to old management who don't care and just want a handy 9 to 5. Training is non existent and the pressure on new employees to travel and deliver quality is way too much. No investment in your skillset, just milking you dry until you go bald from the stress and leave. Hiring policy is questionable at best and they have people who hate the place conducting interviews, makes no sense. If you want to get sent around the world for a year to some of the worst places imaginable with the prospect of being kidnapped or robbed then CoE is for you. Treatment of Indian colleagues is also disgraceful, many of them who are exceptional colleagues get minimal wage increases year on year and are treated like dirt by management. There are one or two really good managers and team leads who have still have souls but unfortunately they don't seem to have a positive overall impact. The Mass Exodus of people leaving the CoE will long continue until they sort the management team out and send them to the scrap yard where they belong.