[HN Gopher] More people want to leave SAP than severance payment...
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       More people want to leave SAP than severance payments are planned
        
       Author : throwawayb104b0
       Score  : 31 points
       Date   : 2024-06-27 19:54 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | blandcoffee wrote:
       | The article mentions return to office policies as a reason, but
       | you have to wonder what the severance package was. Anecdotally, a
       | company my friend works at just laid people off, and a majority
       | of the ones that were not let go, wished that they were given the
       | option.
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       | You have to wonder if there's some interesting data with regards
       | to tight (?) labour markets, policy that has nudged severance
       | packages higher, etc.
        
       | Shawnecy wrote:
       | > According to the report, a total of 5,300 SAP employees have
       | applied for the programs. That would be more than 20 percent of
       | the Group's entire German workforce. However, only 3200 of these
       | employees are said to be over 55 years old and therefore eligible
       | for early retirement.
       | 
       | Isn't there some concern that they're letting go of a lot of
       | knowledge with these older employees? Tribal knowledge isn't a
       | problem that effects them?
       | 
       | The more cynical side of me thinks that it's going to be quite a
       | mess for those who remain.
        
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