Poor leadership and execution - Senior Director of Marketing SAP Employee Review

2.0
26 July 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Competitive compensation Good work life balance, no one works that hard here

Cons

Terrible leadership, especially in marketing Lots of top down decision making, everyone else is just a pawn Constant re-orgs based on internal politics Old systems and ways of working Too large of a company, half the people don't do anything value add Old style of marketing & lots of people in charge who lack talent & just play games constantly to increase their visibility Serious lack of diversity at the top Poor benefits. Only 12 weeks of maternity leave partially paid, okay healthcare but not great, no free food or snacks, very stingy on holidays. Stodgy brand and products that aren't #1 in the market and there is no plan or true innovation to get there

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