Great in Many Ways But Bad in Too Many Core Ones
Pros
* Nice office * Great compensation * Colleagues from all over the world both on site and remotely * Opportunity to have a wide impact on a large group of customers * Easy to move around in the org. and try new things
Cons
* Shallow, poorly defined processes and muddy, unclear priorities. It's rare that you will have a clear idea of what you need to work on and what you need to do to deliver it. This leads to a lot of overtime and working weekends * SAP. SAP's software development is a bit of a mess and as they continue to centralize this becomes your mess. I don't want to paint such a large organization with a broad brush but they seem to have a culture of assigning people to work they don't have a background in. This leads to unstable, poorly designed libraries with an unacceptable crash rate and little accountability. The bureaucracy around adding these libraries to your project is also comically thick given that we're a single org. * Poor work life balance. Did I mention working weekends? Clearly communicating to my boss that I have too much work and cannot finish it in the timeline given does not change my workload. I am usually told that it can, in fact, be done in the time allotted. This is never true but it makes them feel better * Tense workplace. The above conditions lead to pretty tense relations in the teams as everyone is under pressure and helping each other becomes a genuine risk. If you lend a hand that's another late night for you. This makes the working environment feel uncomfortable and just a little bit hostile. It also makes accomplishing change extra hard
