Downtime at SAP

SAP / Other
GGuB80

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GGuB80
Dec 11, 2017 17 Comments

Anyone else out there at SAP notice the amount of downtime in their role or other roles? This is my second role here outside of my internship and I’ve noticed that everyone seems to have quite a bit of free time. People barely work 8 hr shifts. People come in at 9:30ish, go to the gym during their shift, take lunch, and still leave around 4. Am I the only one to notice this? & For people outside of SAP, is this something you’ve noticed at your company?

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  • SAP
    le - a

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    le - a
    Sounds about right. That’s why I quit. SAP is a retirement company
    Dec 11, 2017 5
    • SAP / Eng
      JuliusCasr

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      JuliusCasr
      I agree with you. I find the same thing. Also pay is not good. I am also trying to move.
      Dec 12, 2017
    • SAP
      le - a

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      le - a
      Yup. Pay was definitely not encouraging when I found that new hires made more than I did when their T level was lower. Couple thousand here and there doesn’t matter, but not bumping up top performers is costing the company because other companies will be willing to pay top dollar. I got a hefty raise just by switching
      Dec 13, 2017
  • Autodesk / Mgmt
    Revit

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    PRE
    Yahoo
    Revit
    What is SAP ?
    Dec 11, 2017 2
  • Illumina / Other
    Dead beef

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    Illumina
    Dead beef
    You mean long periods of time when the SAP application doesn't work? Yeah I've seen that.
    Dec 11, 2017 0
  • New
    rbN4xT1

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    rbN4xT1
    Not at SAP, but my department was always a ghost town after about 4:30 every day. People would regularly come in 9:30-10, take long lunches (golfing was a popular lunch past time), and then leave early and "VPN when (they got) home."
    Dec 12, 2017 2
    • SAP / Other
      GGuB80

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      GGuB80
      OP
      What did you do with your free time? I’m finding myself so bored that it makes me want to find a new job. I try to spend time on things like developing new skills but I’m running out of things to think of. Any suggestions?
      Dec 12, 2017
    • New
      rbN4xT1

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      rbN4xT1
      I would go to the gym or take a brief walk for most of my breaks. Usually, I would hit my peak production time in the afternoon/evening, so that's when I was able to really focus on work. I generally had enough things to do to stay busy for the whole time I was in the office (10+ hours during the week). If I found I was running out of work to do, I asked the lead devs that I was doing production work for if they had anything they needed done that I could help with, and I managed to get a couple of small 'out of my comfort zone' projects to work on and save them some time.
      Dec 13, 2017
  • SAP
    uCVk18

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    uCVk18
    I’ve been over 100% utilize in the last 13 years I have very little free time
    Oct 22, 2019 0