Once great company now in crisis - Anonymous employee SAP Employee Review

1.0
16 May 2014
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The smartest people you'll ever work with. Good benefits, ability to be collaborative and always learn. Used to be the best company to work for.

Cons

Some of the worst upper management I've ever seen in my career. Constant mgt fight between German and US, upper management makes decisions and refuse to take input from people actually doing the work, bringing productivity to a standstill. Constant cutting corners, no budgets, endless politics make getting things done impossible. Extremely top-heavy with upper management, not lean. Company currently has no direction, just parrots buzzwords and cannot clearly communicate to employees. Extremely political. Mired in complex processes. Constant re-orgs. Does not care about employees, does not walk the walk about "people are our most valuable assets, we grow talent" - high performers laid off, with critical skills the company needs now; no real opportunity for career growth.

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