SAP

Good work-life balance. People are relaxed. The best company to retire from.

SAP is a behemoth built on 50+ years of software engineering experience. Hence, the processes involved are quite rigid and strenuous.

SAP hires a lot, and the compensations & benefits are not great. Hence, the people surrounding are supportive & friendly, but won't make you productive enough.

Focus on the quality of people, not the quantity.

Few highly paid, finest employees are much greater than a lot of low-paid, dumb employees. With many "dumb" people around, managers, in the process of securing better ratings, cannot decide decisively on paying the better subordinates higher. This finally leads to losing the best from SAP.

This is a pattern I've observed in the last few years.