I am hearing that Ariba will merge with other line of business....anyone else hearing same?

First a memo got "leaked" indicating an 80% reduction in Ariba services is planned. They spun that around in a few ways and we have been talking about this "cdet" program ever since. Latest rumors are they want to reduce services by 50-80% in Q1-2025... — read more 

"Today, I started my next chapter with my first Day One of many to come. I’m thrilled to share that I have joined Amazon Web Services (AWS) as the Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer. It's an honor to join this remarkable team and business. .. — read more 

Someone -- please explain to me how this guy got promoted to the board. I just watched the replay of the AMA with Alam and he can't even look at the camera or articulate anything in a concise way.

i would like to hear from other women who work at sap. the best thing about rto for me is being able to get my kids off and on the bus. my mom used to help us out with this so its not impossible for me to work in an office. its much more convenient... — read more 

SAP knows that "sustainability" was a hoax. So get back to the office! They realized that no money is to be make by being green. So get back to the office where they can monitor you!

I’ve been working on it for a couple of months now. Not diligently, just as a precaution. Layoffs are always on the horizon, so I wanted to see for myself how the job market looks like. Results have been discouraging. Most offers I got were subpar... — read more 

Anyone have experience with how to deal with a manager being pointlessly strict about RTO? My previous managers were good, and as long as the work got done they don't care where you are. They realise a lot of our work is on calls or dealing with... — read more 

According to this Reuters news it's clear: "During a visit to Bengaluru, SAP CEO Christian Klein said the company will hire “over proportionally” in India, which will soon house its biggest workforce. SAP Labs India currently has 15,000 employees... — read more 

Is this going to be an interesting year as it relates to SAP layoffs? Any chatter, news or rumors?

What the Supervisory Board isn't telling us, is that the "next" round of Layoffs will be jettisoned by way of AI.  We know how much SAP has invested in AI and that it sees this area even larger than the Cloud Biz, which is exactly why they want to... — read more 

I really hope the job market starts to get better soon. I haven’t had any luck with decent offers, I’ve only been getting lowball ones since I started applying six months ago. I feel for those who were laid off and had to accept jobs significantly... — read more 

E-mail comes out last week to all of NA saying layoffs over the next two days. Then crickets. Layoffs at Concur have been reported here. Anyone know how many? Any other teams outside Concur?

Has anyone here had experience with whistleblowing? Do the they take it seriously? Any backlash stories?

Have a look at this article which summarizes very well what is happening here. https://www.cio.com/article/3577934/sap-good-figures-but-bad-mood.html Stock price is soaring while Layoffs ( Sorry meant to say " restructuring") are in play and... — read more 

At the heart of SAP in Germany, there are some unspoken rules if you want to move into the management track and grow from there. You need to be a: German White Preferably Male Right German connections Political acumen During the past... — read more 

Can anyone help me out with how health insurance works after a layoff? I'm worried about losing my coverage and it’s adding a ton of stress to an already tough situation. I'm not really in a position to not have coverage right now. What options are... — read more 

I hate having to search the internet to find out the details of what's happening at my place of work. The leadership should openly tell us what's going on. Just mentioning cuts is not enough. Layoffs su-k, but this secrecy around the whole thing is... — read more 

That we will have an axe swinging around our heads for half a year? With how badly mgmt is communicating transformation and layoffs, we will go nuts before it’s all over.

Layoffs round two start today October 22nd for SAP Concur (I am a current employee).

Hey folks! Looks like the rumour mill is churning again, and I've heard some whispers about possible layoffs coming in November or December 2024. It seems that after the engineering teams took a hit earlier this year, the focus might shift to the... — read more 

https://news.sap.com/2024/10/sap-announces-q3-2024-results/

ZACKS, is reporting that SAP along with its Partner is now facing an expanded investigation into the Price Fixing allegations. The investigation reveals that almost 100 Government agencies were sold products from SAP National Security Services... — read more 

There’s a lot of hype of investment and job offers there. What’s your view of it within SAP?

Saw the CK announcement this week that China is moving into the APAC reporting line and the MD is out. Does this mean a restructuring within the country, any insight? Asking as a lot of colleagues and managers I work with have a China reporting line — read more 

https://news.sap.com/2023/11/aha-moments-in-di-peter-lengler/ "Lengler reflects on those groups of individuals he refers to as “old white men clubs” who have never consciously suffered exclusion and have no understanding of the barriers that others... — read more 

Results of the survey were shared with the Works Council General Meeting last week and as expected the survey results were pathetic. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/sap-staff-morale-plunges-internal-162359275.html The percentage of German... — read more 

I m hearing they are planning for p2025:(

US Department of Justice announced that SAP ( along with some other IT companies) are under investigation for Price Fixing going back several years. SAP has confirmed that it has been notified of such investigation. News outlets have posted that... — read more 

Sources below... German prosecutors opened a criminal probe of SAP SE’s Chief Technology Officer Jürgen Müller after the company said he would step down at the end of the month due to “inappropriate” behavior. Heidelberg prosecutors have opened a... — read more 

On Great Place to Work 2024, it’s mentioned that SAP America has 16,707 employees. Wikipedia, updated 2019, says 19311, and Top Workplaces with no date mentions 24K. More than 50% of SAP’s revenue is from USA. Will we survive until 2030 ? Or is the... — read more 

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/s-xual-harassment-probe-opened-against-sap-cto-jurgen-muller-heres-what-the-company-said/articleshow/113334171.cms Way to go SAP HR!

https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/ceo-andy-jassy-latest-update-on-amazon-return-to-office-manager-team-ratio

Are you still planning to retire from SAP, or has that changed? I sure don't.

First, announce a sweeping sales level “archetype change” during the 5x annual company layoff season noting ambiguous roles with no clarity for who actually keeps their job. Second, quietly package-out and/or “whack” all senior leadership in the... — read more 

VW Scraps Three-Decades-Old German Jobs Guarantee to Cut Costs

"After 30 years at SAP, Juergen Kreuziger, currently Head of Cloud & Lifecycle Management, has decided to take advantage of the early retirement program and will be ending his active phase at the company at the end of November."