SAS reviews

The problem with being a fantastic company to work for is that very few employees leave, and most of those that do are the ones that have hit their head on the ceiling and really want to do more. Management and other leadership positions are hard to come by because those positions rarely open up. Most employees have no real career path beyond <title>, senior <title> and principal <title>, and those are really just about the same job. Line managers know this and really struggle to sell a career path in the hiring process. Folks based at HQ lead the good life. If you're remote or work at home, the fantastic campus and associated benefits just look like a giant expense sink hole

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.