SAP - could go up or go down. Still a nice place to work. - Senior Research Scientist SAP Employee Review

4.0
Mar 12, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good benefits and work climate. No hire and fire mentality. Lots of different departments that deal with vastly diverse subjects. People from all over the world work together, US, India, Germany, France, Canada, Bulgaria, Czechs - you name it. Free lunch and generally a people-friendly work environment. No nickel and diming on snacks and drinks at work.

Cons

Proprietary technology is seen as superior (we always did it in ABAP and it's better). Infrequent weird knee-jerk micromanagement from top management. Increasing us vs. them (management vs workers) mentality - away from the 'we are a team' culture. There are more and more levels of management, although the new CEO wants to change that. There are many departments that viciously defend their turf even though their products are unneeded or miss the market. Talking to customers is left to a thin layer that doesn't communicate with the people who build the product. It is hard to make it into higher management - generally those are hired from the outside or move in sideways through the MBA channel, having no product experience. Another downside is that you have to use some of the older products that are really hard to use.

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5.0
Jun 8, 2026
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Pros

Great benefits, full of opportunities to learn and support.

Cons

Rounds of layoffs due to changes in tech direction. Plan accordingly and stay flexible!

4.0
May 29, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

I really liked my role at SAP. After being a cloud Customer Success Manager supporting strategic clients for several years, I moved into a group doing digital customer outreach including producing newsletters, release enablement, webcasts, documentation, event registrations, etc. Salary and bonuses were good, no complaints there.

Cons

No real cons for the job that I was in, except that our group was eliminated by the corporate restructuring and reduction in workforce in North America in 2025. I would have loved to stay but unfortunately we probably showed up on a restructuring spreadsheet somewhere and it was determined that our services were no longer needed. We off-boarded most of our work to other existing employees (who already had full time jobs), which felt unfair to them, but that is how it shook out.

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