SAP Promoted Manager After Repeated Accusations of Harassment
Women who worked for a team lead at the tech giant’s Signavio unit say that the company failed to address complaints of bullying and discrimination. SAP says it has a zero tolerance policy for abusive behavior.
Five employees at SAP unit Signavio claim to have been mistreated by a manager.
Photographer: Alex Kraus/BloombergCharlotte quit the day after her boss was promoted. She decided to not leave quietly.
On her last day at German software giant SAP SE, Charlotte sent out an e-mail to 62 female colleagues. In the email, seen by Bloomberg, she accused Florian, her manager, of bullying subordinates and described sexist and discriminatory remarks he supposedly had made. (The names used in this story are aliases to protect the privacy of the subjects and do not in any way resemble the names of the actual people involved.)