I think its outrageous and for anyone saying otherwise was not around in 2021 when they stated we would be allowed to WFH.Many have moved and bought places far from offices. In the Canadian economy were living in it's unaffordable to live nearby to... — read more 

It's official, back to office mandate (3x week) from May 2024. Very few exceptions allowed.

I wanted to see if anyone who is very familiar with the NA policy regarding RTO could provide some input to me.  Briefly I worked in the Newtown Square office. When the Flex pledge came out we decided to move to a coastal/shore town which is more... — read more 

The North American email refers to a BUSINESS APPROVED HOME OFFICE so yeah just because you live greater than 40 miles is alone not enough.

Just under €4,000 petrol and tolls, just over €6,000 childcare hours during commute time. Nearly a quarter of salary gone, no skin of Christian's nose. +personal addition of 2.88 metric tons of CO2 annually...whilst preaching... — read more 

Email from CK confirms 3 day return to office, many I know don't have option to do this so will need to leave - SAP know this and it's one of the reasons they're doing it. Questions asked during all-hands were mostly ignored-focusing instead on the... — read more 

SAP has endured Julia White's cronyism for two years with the influx of many inept Microsoft buddies on executive contracts. Now we've got Deloitte. EY had been SAP's external audit partner of choice before the former head of Deloitte, Punit Renjen... — read more 

Odd things happening at SAP. CFO Luca Mucic changed phone contracts of over 20,000 SAP employees in Germany from T-mobile to Vodafone. Luka became CFO of Vodafone a few months later.

Is there going to be any reorg or SAP layoffs? Any chatter, news or rumors?

In about 4 months we will have a new Chairman of the Board as Hasso steps out and Punit Renjen assumes the Chairman role. Make no mistake this will be a monumental change for SAP and will be the first time in our history we have not had direct... — read more 

Finding out something like this just ahead of Christmas is truly lousy timing. Is anybody going to be able to stop thinking about the coming cuts in the next two weeks? I know I'm not among those lucky ones if they even exist. This will dampen the... — read more 

See https://www.rnz.de/politik/wirtschaft-regional_artikel,-Walldorf-SAP-Betriebsrat-fordert-Verzicht-auf-Stellenabbau-_arid,1245968.html (Paywall) There is an indication that SAP as in 2023 wants to reduce its work force by 3000 employees in 2024... — read more 

despite the current wave of success.” Manager Magazin says that teams have been working on a far-reaching restructuring of SAP, including an austerity program. This reportedly includes an overhaul of the operational business, to be consolidated under... — read more 

Regarding the changes on personnel issues which are now being rolled out ( my team is now discussing implementing skill set review for each of us and coaching for everyone) - has anyone had discussions with your managers about mandating return to... — read more 

Rumors in German media: winning culture, the new performance review system at sap. Stack ranking. You are either performer, an achiever or an improver. The latter gets a pip. What wonderful news.

The Q3 results were good, the stock shot up 5% ( and then giving back 2% today). Nonetheless the results were surprisingly good. However, one key metric that gives me concern is index on our Profit Margin, which was up 17% YOY from Q3.2022. The... — read more 

did anyone else watch the replay of the painful Coffee Corner with Tracey Hughes? what a complete waste of time!!! this crazy lady never says anything useful. its 1 buzzword after another like "bridges we build" and "assessment" and "progress... — read more 

Has anyone heard anything about a possible new round of layoffs in the new year?

Does anybody have a feel on how Q3 went? Results come out Oct 18 but it's been pretty quiet.

that Oliver guy is leaving SAP what a pompous wa-ker.... every all hands call, he acted like he was a TV presenter maybe he got his dream gig elsewhere! that's one person who will not be missed

After announcing Q2/2023 results today, Market didn't waste anytime reacting. By EOD, Stock was already down over 6% !! That's huge. Clear that the Market isn't happy with what they are seeing in SAP. The drop also took down several other... — read more 

It's worth noting that Musk played a significant role in the Tech layoff, where numerous individuals pointed out that Twitter managed to operate effectively with only half of its workforce. As a result, Musk made the decision to release a... — read more 

Hasso has announced that he will sell off nearly 1.46 million shares in the company. We know that he has been steadily reducing his ownership over the last several years. His sell off will take place thru December 13 of this year. His... — read more 

The new mandatory RTO policy is more restrictive than pre-COVID. Any word if the RTO policy is in lieu of layoffs? Or can we expect more layoffs in Q4/Q1?

A few people got the dreaded invite today. Its definitely not as targeted as we have been told. Seems quite widespread....

Has anyone been notified or know of anyone who has. What is the talk of people having to reapply for their jobs ? Good luck all

Uk will now get more redundancies due to the works council agreement in Germany and France, which stated there will be no redundancies until end of 2024. Further rounds (if needed) will be UK only in Europe....shocking. It will be a long hard road... — read more 

What's up with SAP, seriously? UK employees have been left in the dark since late January 2023, with no news on the supposed layoffs that have been looming. It's like we're all sitting here twiddling our thumbs, waiting for something to happen. And... — read more 

Does anybody know the number let go in Ireland? HR have just stated they won't be announcing number of employees affected.

All the time we are expected to do more with fewer resources. Whether people quit or are laid off, one thing remains the same. The rest of us will be expected to pick up their work. Heavens forbid we backfill a position or two. I wish my manager... — read more 

What happened on this call? One of the speakers was a new woman who is called the "Head of Global People Success Services" Nobody has ever heard of this person. Or why she's here. Better yet, why do we keep hiring these C-level box-checkers? ... — read more 

Does anyone know the timing for EMEA Countries ? Like Belux, NL, Nordics, .... I have seen UKI done ? but for the rest any idea of the timing ? AKA when can we feel safe ?

I’ll just leave this here https://www.ft.com/content/fae1f119-2d45-4285-8b9d-0f119937578f

Still haven't heard of anything...

Will this affect big tech? Anyone know how it will affect SAP?

I am in support I was lucky enough to be in an office that was not affected. When the question was asked how will we keep up when losing people. Come to find we were told we will be hiring many people 20 from Brazil and Budapest. Disrespectful to... — read more 

You know things are not going well when people in India are getting hit. Employees there are among the cheapest so opting to cut them means things are not looking well for any of us. I'm betting you we'll be seeing more layoffs in the US very soon... — read more 

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/sap-labs-lays-off-300-staffers-in-india/articleshow/98189199.cms

I was browsing this website and there doesn't seem to be quite a lot of info regarding layoffs in the UK. If there are any news, I appreciate if they can be posted in the replies.