SAS reviews

3.9

73% would recommend to a friend

(3,115 total reviews)
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Jim Goodnight

79% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

SAS has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 3,115 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The SAS employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Informatique industry (3.9 stars).

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2.0
Mar 29, 2017

A "great place to work" with a major catch

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Health insurance is great, retirement is good and work life balance is decent. I work with some very talented and supportive direct management and colleagues that make working every day worthwhile. The campus itself is a wonderful place to visit and work.

Cons

There has been a tension in the air for years about the future of the company. Benefits have been getting worse over time. It's starting to get worse. One of the major selling points to the lower salary many employees receive is the work life balance and the outstanding benefits. That's not as much of a mitigating factors and I don't see it getting any better. Hiring is frozen and there will be no raises this year across the board. Career opportunity feels very limited for those with high levels of ambition. The flat management structure is part of that and the low turnover is another. The company is getting hit by competitors on all sides and that's only going to keep going. SAS needs to find the secret sauce or we will get overtaken.

2.0
Nov 25, 2015

Extremely low pay

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Pros

Nice work environment including gym, pool, numerous dining halls

Cons

Pay is 30% below market Poor employees are rewarded for longevity HR constantly trumpeting how great it is at SAS.

2.0
Jun 24, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Possible IPO, some very nice colleagues

Cons

Supposedly there will be an IPO and supposedly employees will benefit too. But it only came about when the founders and owners of the company failed to agree on price when they tried to sell SAS a couple of years ago. These same leaders waxed on over the years about how valuable employees were, only to try and sell the company to another company known for gutting their acquisitions and laying people off. I’m a very long term employee and I truly used to believe SAS was the best place to work. I bragged and felt lucky to work at SAS, but those feelings are completely gone. I’m just waiting now to see what happens. I don’t hold out much hope that employees will be treated well. What a sad end to what could have been a great legacy. I’m no fool, I’ll take the money (I’ve earned it after all the years of working well over the “35 hour work week” on non-competitive pay rates), but I’ll never forget the betrayal of employees by senior management.

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