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A good employer in the market, but needs to do more to make SAP competitive enough for the future!

Solutions Architect
Current Employee
Has worked at SAP for 6 years
September 27, 2019
London, England
4.0
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros

Many employee-focused initiatives are valued.

We are a leader in the ERP market.

Respect, truth, and humility are valued.

Cons

Not all the talks (i.e., new initiatives) at the board level percolate down to the employee level as realistic and actionable items, as it is too large a company.

One's day job appears to remain the same forever, gradually becoming dull and boring, and at times frustrating that you cannot get involved in other things that you would really want to get involved in.

Getting its hands into too many things and losing focus on its core strengths.

Advice to Management

Encourage honest feedback from employees (without having to fear management) and make sure they are given realistic opportunities to achieve their goals and dreams. Otherwise, SAP will soon lose its competitive edge, which is its talent pool.

Cut down bureaucracy, non-value-adding admin work, and an unending and way-too-repetitive list of trainings on Bribery/Corruption/Anti-Trust/Competition/Data-Protection/Privacy/Data-Processing/Security/Info-Security/Discrimination/5-4-3-2-1 Pillar series/Interest Conflict/Business Conduct. Phew! Instead, provide mandatory and structured trainings to improve the technical skills and competitiveness of SAP resources and also opportunities to apply those skills in internal or external work.

Focus more rather than increasing the spread. Use the funds where the funds are needed; improve the existing products!

Shatter the glass ceilings that do exist (Oh yes!) in the company and then see employees of diverse backgrounds prosper and take SAP to the next level and ready for the future!

Provide opportunities for employees in all geographies to get involved in any type of work, rather than reserving certain types of work mainly for Germany (e.g., Product Development).

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