4.0
Mar 16, 2015
Current employee
Palo Alto, CA
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
People are really nice. Everybody is very professional and all want to do a good job.
Cons
Decisions makers live in Germany. Culture is conservative. While they have a big connection to the Silicon Valley with their recent acquisitions (Sybase, Ariba, SucessFactors, ConCur) and SAP corporate site in Palo Alto, the home office in Germany still dictates how things get done. They may leave you alone and look for your input, but the final decision rests with someone in a different country. Limited advancement and always in cost-cutting mode (who isn't!). No travel, but then people are traveling all the time. Not much in terms of employee investment.