SAS reviews

If you can see beyond the end of your own nose, SAS might not be the place for you. Feels like a cult...insular and self-absorbed. A culture of leaders not trusting their people and micromanaging their work. Tons of nepotism. Noticeable levels of sexism. People who have been there forever and never leave make it hard to advance. People who have never worked anywhere else or seen anything other than the world of SAS make it very hard to introduce any fresh ideas. Climate feels stale and inward-looking. Company doesn't see itself clearly and is far too impressed with itself. Bad leaders are left in place FOREVER. Customers say the product is antiquated and hard to use, and it feels like the business is starting to slip away. Company is managed by fiat. Dr. Goodnight is a dictator, and not always a benevolent one. Salaries are lower than they should be. If you don't have kids, you may feel like you are subsidizing everyone else's daycare bill. The SAS you hear about is the SAS of 20 years ago. When I left, morale was seriously slipping, just like the best place to work rankings.

This WAS a great place to work. Unfortunately, they've decided to increase healthcare costs and allow employees to shoulder higher out-of-pocket costs. In addition, the retirement plan took a drastic hit. While HR would like you to "think" that increasing employer contributions to 6% is a great deal for employees, this is actually standard for a company of this size. Oh, and they took away the end of year employer retirement contribution - the best benefit of all (this is literally a $10k decrease in benefits for many people). But did you hear they added a few measly weeks onto maternity leave, making it more in line with other companies? I'm not sure how SAS was the best place to work in years prior, but I think they are barely squeaking by now as a "regular" company.