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Senior Developer
Current Employee
Has worked at SAP for 20 years
March 8, 2018
Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg
5.0
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros

Good pay, many benefits, works council (yay!).

The company is extremely focused on sustainability - CO2 reduction, 100% renewable electricity, low-energy buildings.

Diversity is taken seriously - come as you are, whether you are Black, lesbian, disabled, eccentric, female, it doesn't matter, the main thing is that you are committed. No one has to hold back here, as long as you treat others with respect.

Annual salary increase with a base increase for everyone and a performance-related component.

Internal transfers are easy if you've been there for a while.

If the manager agrees, you can work a certain percentage remotely (home office).

Cons

Does business with arms corporations, has special software versions for the military :-(

Unclear compensation structure, designed so that the manager can (almost) freely decide at the end how much salary increase he gives you.

Lots of bureaucracy. In development, you might spend 20% of your time coding, the rest is filled with Excel sheets or reading thousands of wiki pages with things you need to consider. Many people with little to no technical understanding set high standards for what the final product can achieve (performance, security, accessibility, internationalization, ...). How you implement it, however, is then your responsibility.

Some departments are heavily KPI-driven. Employees then align their work with KPI optimization, not with what would be sensible.

If you apply, you should look very closely at which department you end up in – there is a lot of light and shadow. On the other hand, once you are on board, an internal transfer is quite easy.

Advice to Management

Geschäfte mit Militär und Rüstungskonzernen beenden.

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