SAP wants more autistics

Stefan Mileschin · 10th December 2015, 17:14

The maker of expensive business software, which no-one really knows what it does, wants to hire more people on the autistic spectrum to work for it.

The company said it needs employees who think differently. It has been trailing a scheme since May 2013, dubbed Autism at Work. This aimed at recruiting and hiring adults on the autism spectrum.

The programme was such a success, SAP is currently working to expand it, with the goal of having one percent of its total workforce, or 650 people, who fall on the spectrum by 2020.

José Velasco, head of the Autism at Work program at SAP said the programme has shown tremendous growth with pilot programs in India, Ireland, Canada, the U.S. and Germany, and it has begun pilots in the Czech Republic and Brazil.

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Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 148,597	SAP wants more autistics The maker of expensive business software, which no-one really knows what it does, wants to hire more people on the autistic spectrum to work for it. The company said it needs employees who think differently. It has been trailing a scheme since May 2013, dubbed Autism at Work. This aimed at recruiting and hiring adults on the autism spectrum. The programme was such a success, SAP is currently working to expand it, with the goal of having one percent of its total workforce, or 650 people, who fall on the spectrum by 2020. José Velasco, head of the Autism at Work program at SAP said the programme has shown tremendous growth with pilot programs in India, Ireland, Canada, the U.S. and Germany, and it has begun pilots in the Czech Republic and Brazil. http://www.techeye.net/business/sap-...more-autistics