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A Good Place for Software Developers

Software Developer
Current Employee
Has worked at SAP for 6 years
June 23, 2015
Dresden, Germany
4.0
RecommendsPositive Outlook
Pros

SAP is a safe harbor, pays very well, and offers interesting software development projects.

SAP has been growing from an old-school, MS/Windows-focused company to an agile, open company. It offers jobs not only for all kinds of software development experts but also for computer science graduates.

Cons

Many departments are under constant reorganization, which may demotivate younger employees. Company politics will sometimes just not make sense to a regular developer.

The workload can be very high at times, and the career opportunities for "regular" workers with a family at home (40h/week) and part-time workers (parental leave) may be very restricted.

Advice to Management

Actively discourage your employees from working over hours.

Take active measures to do so. This will lead to healthier employees and less jealousy (of the many regular/family guys compared to the promoted overworkers). This will grow general team spirit. It will also make room for new employees to join your teams and will raise the public opinion of the company, which will lead to more job applications from experts in the industry.

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