‘Betrayed’ SAP workers rebel against forced office return::The German software giant has changed direction, and more than 5,000 employees have signed an internal petition saying they feel ‘betrayed’.

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    The German software giant has changed direction, and more than 5,000 employees have signed an internal petition saying they feel ‘betrayed’.

    When a CEO promises that the firm is “a 100% flexible and trust-based workplace as the norm, not the​ ​exception,” it is difficult to change course.

    Representatives of the employees in Europe called the requirement to be back in the office unreasonable because staff had been told they could continue remotely.

    “We feel betrayed by a company that until recently encouraged us to work from home, only to ask for a radical change in direction,” Bloomberg News reported, saying the internal letter says employees are threatening to look for new jobs rather than go back into offices.

    SAP Chief Executive Officer Christian Klein said: “I’m not a big believer that on a video conference platform you can understand our culture, you can get educated, and you can get enabled to do your job best,” Bloomberg reported.

    The German multinational software company recently announced that it is restructuring 8,000 jobs to shift their focus to AI.


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