Pros
If you need to make your own schedule this is an awesome place to work SAP compensates individual contributors well - you can make good money without having to manage a team Free, healthy lunches in multiple cafes on Palo Alto campus
Cons
Can be hard to transfer internally due to hiring freezes Too many decisions (hiring, giving away tickets to SAP Center) are made based on who you know Technology lags in some areas, SAP tends to be very slow to innovate Slow moving in general Very bureaucratic with layers of management and multiple teams doing overlapping work Management can be arrogant - twice my team has been reorganized with new management over the last three years and both times the new Group VP came in and totally trashed anything and everything we had done previously (ah, not very motivating!)