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A great place to work at, not a great place to work for

Software Developer
Current Employee
Has worked at SAP for less than 1 year
October 4, 2008
Montreal, Quebec
4.0
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Pros

SAP Canada provides an excellent working environment, great perks (like free drinks and lunches), and a professional and respectful culture. Its HR and operations departments are second to none.

Cons

The technology stack that SAP as a whole uses is not on par with the best that you find in the industry. ABAP was abused beyond its intended purpose, and the systems developed at SAP are bloated and hard to work with. There's a lot of needless complexity, and the developers have to solve many nasty little problems. It's hard to extend the internal frameworks and to create innovative features within their constraints.

Advice to Management

Continue the great management work, but start to look at better tools and techniques on the technology side. Look at Eclipse for ABAP development, find out what software configuration management is, and focus on simplicity.

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