SAP

Very good, trusting, respectful work environment and people. The company truly cares about investing in people, and there is some flexibility in working hours and the ability to work from home. Very good benefits and good free lunch. Work can be interesting, depending on the project.

As a huge company being challenged by smaller, leaner competitors, there are communication challenges, too many layers of management, and coordination with teams all over the world in different time zones.

SAP is feeling threatened by other cloud competitors who are cheaper and provide better user experiences. This can lead to chaotic project environments, many changes, and re-organizations. Sometimes it hurts work-life balance, with too many meetings and not enough interesting development work at times. Other times, there is stress to churn out lots of code in bursts.

It is never boring, that's for sure! And turnover is rather low due to good pay and benefits.

Get rid of management layers and the overlap or duplication of work across the organization.