|
Last year SAP, Europe's largest software maker,
which employs about 75,000 workers worldwide, cut a similar
percentage of posts, said Stefan Ries, SAP's chief of human
resources.
"In principle this is a continuation of the (company's response
to) changes in market circumstances," Ries said, adding the cuts
were not part of a cost reduction plan but a refocusing of the
company.
He said SAP expects to create about 2,200 jobs this year in
growth areas such at its cloud business, its in-memory database
Hana and Concur, the expenses software maker it bought last year
for $7.3 billion.
Last year SAP created a similar number of new jobs, Ries said.
SAP has launched a high-stakes overhaul of its core software
line, aiming to convince major corporate customers that its
software can run their most critical applications to predict
business conditions.
Established software makers such as SAP are battling to boost
internet software sales and fend off pure cloud-based rivals
such as Salesforce.com and Workday.
SAP workers in Europe can make use of voluntary leave
arrangements. In Germany, France, the United Kingdom and the
United States, SAP will in addition be offering early
retirement.
SAP said it excludes forced redundancies in Europe.
(Reporting by Harro ten Wolde; Editing by Christoph Steitz and
David Holmes)
[© 2015 Thomson Reuters. All rights
reserved.] Copyright 2015 Reuters. All rights reserved. This material may not be published,
broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
 |
|
