SAP reviews

Unfortunately this is not the case for SAP Canada as it has a punitive, demoralizing and individualistic culture. Recently in a town hall meeting, the MD acknowledged that there is a personnel problem as so many people are leaving the company (even with tenures such as 18 years) as of late. Rather than look into the problem, his statement was "we have hired great management lately" which is not the root of the issue. SAP does not have a hiring problem, they have a retention problem. People are leaving for good reasons, so take the time to understand why. SAP does not do any exit interviews and all the leaving employees are required to complete is one online survey question with a multiple choice response as to why they are leaving. People are recognized for the wrong behavior and are promoted for equally inappropriate reasons. A top sales professional does not necessarily make a great manager or leader, in fact the culture is so individualistic that there is a lack of teamwork. I have seen people abused in sales meetings, expected to perform without any coaching or guidance and thrown out from the company after less than a year.

The only way to get ahead is to kiss up to your immediate manager. The managers are shielded from the consequences of their bad behavior. Harassment is allowed and the managers who harass their subordinates get away with it. In fact the employee is the one who is blamed for the awful behavior of the manager. HR is quite useless. Not sure why they are there. Lying, backstabbing, and bad behavior is valued and encouraged if those who are doing it are part of the manager's posse.