3 Ways SAP Supports — And Advances — Its Female Talent

If you’re going to live your best life in 2020, then it’s in your best interest to work for a company that will support your personal and professional pursuits. SAP could be that company. 

Named one of the World's Best Workplaces in 2019 and Best Place to Work in North America by Forbes and named for the second time to the Bloomberg Equality Index, and the first tech company to have certified with EDGE (Economic Dividends for Gender Equality), the world’s leading business certification for gender equality, SAP is widely recognized for treating (and paying) employees fairly, regardless of their identities, and for providing work-from-home opportunities, enabling employees to show up for their work and lives.

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The company, which clocks in at 100,000+ employees, also prides itself on being a workforce that brings “happy people” together. It’s an ethos that spans across five generations, with a workforce that includes 75% millennials, 33% women (with an expected 30% of women in management by 2022) and 1% of individuals with autism. 

There’s no shortage of reasons women love working at SAP. We’ve rounded up three of the most compelling ones with the help of our community at Fairygodboss — because who better to tell us what makes SAP so great than the women who work there? Check out what they had to say below.

1. SAP champions women and forges opportunities to promote more of them.

SAP is actively moving the needle on gender equality with initiatives in place to sustain those efforts. These include the Global Business Women's Network (BWN) that allows over 10,000 women to connect across 60 chapters to share skills, resources and best practices for career advancement. It also includes a monthly Women's Professional Growth webinar series and a Back-to-Work Program in Asia Pacific and Japan for women returning to work. 

In order to reach their 2022 goal of moving more women into leadership roles, the company is actively changing its hiring strategy, enhancing development opportunities, and ensuring that processes are fair and equitable for all.

In an anonymous employee review on FGB, one employee shared that there are “tremendous opportunities for women in management at SAP” while another added there are “several women in lead managerial roles.”

2. SAP embraces lifelong learning through career development opportunities.

Employees are encouraged to continue learning at SAP and are supported by self-paced learning opportunities, tailored talent support and SAP’s career success center, access to in-house certified coaches and a wide mentor network. They can receive career guidance, attend events and go on speed dates with recruiters.

According to a career development infographic on their site, employees can “create a balanced personal development plan with a 10-20-70 approach to career development, using tools and resources provided by SAP.” Ten percent of that program represents formal learning through training, courses, and seminars, 20 percent encompasses peer learning through networking, job shadowing and mentorship, and the final 70 percent is reserved for experiential learning.

One anonymous reviewer who works at the company says: “We have yoga and meditation classes, mindfulness workshops, employee led groups (Business Women's Network, Experts program, leadership development, and more). We routinely have invited guests providing insights, training, tools, and tips virtually and in person. Leadership workshops, global coaching, mentoring programs, and flexible work conditions.”

3. From maternity leave to FTO policy, their benefits are top-notch.

In addition to medical, vision and dental benefits, employees also have access to flexible spending accounts, a health savings account and a 401(k) savings plan, among many more benefits. 

New parents of any gender can take advantage of both paid family leave and up to four weeks of transition time to accommodate returning to work after welcoming a new family member.

Business traveling mothers at SAP can also take advantage of Milkstork, a breast milk shipping service, to ensure that both their newborns and their careers are well nourished. And all employees can look forward to SAP’s Global Mindfulness Practice program, which increases their self-awareness, emotional intelligence and resilience so that they’re better equipped to adapt to rapid change. 

In two separate reviews left on FGB, women have anonymously expressed that SAP is a “great place for work-life balance” and maintains a “supportive culture to help balance work & personal life while still reaching career goals.”

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