The German software maker SAP will eliminate about 250 jobs 2000, or 3 percent of its workforce, while you will create a similar number position by expanding parts of the company at a time when accelerates plans to sell products over the Internet.
SAP , the largest software maker in Europe which employs about 75 thousand people worldwide, declined a similar percentage of jobs last year, said Stefan Ries, head of human resources of the company.
“In principle this is the continuation of (the response the company) changes in market conditions, “Ries said, adding that the cuts are not part of a plan to reduce costs but a strategy to adjust the focus of the company.
He expects SAP create near 2000 200 jobs this year in growth areas such as business cloud data, the basis of Hana and Concur data, the software maker and travel management expenses acquired last year by 7000 300 million dollars.
Last year SAP created a similar number of jobs, Ries said.
SAP entered a high-profile restructuring its main line of software, in an attempt to convince large corporate customers that their software can handle the most complex applications for project business conditions.
The manufacturers set of softwares like SAP are striving to boost sales of their products on the internet and fend off rivals cloud-based operations such as Salesforce.com and Workday.
Workers in SAP in Europe can join voluntary severance agreements. In Germany, France, United Kingdom and United States, SAP will also offer early retirement agreement.
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