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Slow-moving, highly inefficient

Senior Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at SAP for 4 years
April 1, 2014
Toronto, Ontario
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNeutral Outlook
Pros

Good Compensation Good work-life balance Good vacation policy

Cons

Too much bureaucracy. Too slow to respond. Too much process.

Engineers are complacent and don't think outside the box (my experience for the past 2 years).

No career growth. People promoted based on seniority and not competency.

Management seems to think that throwing people at a problem always solves it and does not care about if the people have the correct skillsets for solving that issue. A few such people in a position of responsibility just derail or sidetrack projects and breed incompetency.

Advice to Management

Cut the bureaucracy.

It's good to have global teams, but it's better to be smart about how to organize these teams to maximize efficiency. The current structure of just getting people from 10 different time zones working with each other on a daily basis is just insane.

A person with 10+ years of experience does not automatically mean that the person is good. We need a better way to weed out non-performers. Get some new blood and get rid of slackers.

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