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<blockquote data-quote="Snattlerake" data-source="post: 3933471" data-attributes="member: 44288">Precisely why I exited Siemens Building Technologies in 2006 when they implemented a new accounting software called SAP. SAP is an accountant&#039;s wet dream. We were flown to Houston for two weeks to learn how to use the software.&nbsp; I could tell it was going to be a nightmare when I arrived and started to understand the system was basically based on people creating &quot;buckets&quot; in order to &quot;do work&quot;.&nbsp; The problem is, I cannot create a bucket, someone above me had to get permission from someone above them. SAP was implemented about 6 months AFTER everyone was trained and about everyone had forgotten their training because they were not working with the system during that time.&nbsp; If the people above you didn&#039;t do their job, you couldn&#039;t do yours.&nbsp; We called it Stop All Production.It got so bad the managers were shelling out money from their own pockets for parts and shipping red overnight just to keep customers happy.&nbsp; We had jobs and service calls but could get no parts because the accountants were in control of the buckets.&nbsp; I had had enough of watching our customers going to other providers and sitting on my butt because no one did their job above my level of authority.&nbsp; I hated SAP so much, every time Ernie Els stepped up to swing I changed the channel.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Snattlerake, post: 3933471, member: 44288"] Precisely why I exited Siemens Building Technologies in 2006 when they implemented a new accounting software called SAP. SAP is an accountant's wet dream. We were flown to Houston for two weeks to learn how to use the software. I could tell it was going to be a nightmare when I arrived and started to understand the system was basically based on people creating "buckets" in order to "do work". The problem is, I cannot create a bucket, someone above me had to get permission from someone above them. SAP was implemented about 6 months AFTER everyone was trained and about everyone had forgotten their training because they were not working with the system during that time. If the people above you didn't do their job, you couldn't do yours. We called it Stop All Production. It got so bad the managers were shelling out money from their own pockets for parts and shipping red overnight just to keep customers happy. We had jobs and service calls but could get no parts because the accountants were in control of the buckets. I had had enough of watching our customers going to other providers and sitting on my butt because no one did their job above my level of authority. I hated SAP so much, every time Ernie Els stepped up to swing I changed the channel. [/QUOTE]

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