SAP

Overall company culture, atmosphere, and shared values are remarkable. I feel relaxed, valued, and authorized to do my daily job.

The colleagues are generally supportive and welcoming. Working hours are flexible, and we have a working-from-home policy. The number of WFH days differs from team to team. Some teams only come to the office 1-2 times per month, while some have to come in 2 days per week.

The office location is nice, with a green area, fish pond, cafés, canteens, and a riverside path for walks. As far as I know, our cafeteria package is the biggest that can possibly be granted in the country. The health package is also a huge advantage of working for SAP in Hungary.

Slow, mammoth processes hinder innovation. As with every big company, SAP has some annoying, inefficient processes, and improvements come slowly.

Some managers prefer to avoid any sort of projects to change or innovate things and won't support you in your ideas. However, there are some managers and leaders who really like to generate change rather than prevent it. So, if you are a highly motivated, change-driven person, you just have to find them and collaborate with them.

Lately, there have been serious cost cuttings in the budget for team outings and company events. The company car policy got stricter too. Maybe this is the right financial strategy, but as an employee, I primarily experience it as a con.

I think the internal communication style, channels, and the overall internal communication strategy have been poorly designed and executed in the past few years in our location. This led to tension, and some employees are losing trust and sympathy for the local management.

I think a change management and/or communication expert should be hired to support the local management team. This expert could help review the strategy of the past years and help design and deliver future projects in a way that people feel heard, understood, and well-informed. At the same time, they should not be overwhelmed with too much information and should not be upset by toxic commenting wars in the internal Teams channels.