Pros
This would have been reasons to work for SAP 4-5 years back 1. Great work environment 2. Highly professional workforce 3. Great Human Resource department 4. Extremely employee friendly policies ( even to the extent of astonishment) 5. A learning center - mecca 6. Clear missions and objective 7. Safe and sound work environment 8. A training heaven The reasons to work for SAP today 1. Still a great place to work 2. Employee friendly policies exist though they are thinned down 3. Still a learning center 4. Amazing depth of industrial knowledge available to people who want to learn 5. Opportunity for self development is very high
Cons
SAP today in India esp ( any subsidiary ) is like Bangalore city. A vibrant workforce working for betterment of company and their self. A peaceful place that has turned chaotic however it still shows material progress . Work- life balance is totally tilted towards you know what. There are a lot of politicians who are busy in their own lives and making everything comfortable. The comfort or satisfaction of people ranks low . There is an strong incumbancy which is not scared of anything and will make all efforts to discourage good workers and pull them down. Too much of favouritism which is playing havoc. Roads are not good while vehicles running on them are world's best. There are a lot of potholes and that too big ones. Sometimes bigger vehicle throw smaller ones off the road. I see much degradation in quality of life both in work and life .No surprise that a number of good people have left Bangalore whenever they could and the new breed that came in is serving the incumbents . Law and order is not respected. Rules change according to whims and fancies of the rulers. Right now everything from Offer letter to resignation letter speaks of high handedness of the ruling class. This is while Nero is sitting in Rome ( or somewhere else) . Need to have a radical change otherwise Bangalore will lose its charm and will become a city that it was once but for worse. Need to have a sweeper who can clean the dirty roads and make things better . In my life I think it is the first time I will be more happier if I was not in Bangalore. And that too despite fantastic weather.