SAS reviews

If you are single, a "dual-income, no kids" or not at HQ, all the "great place to work" and "fantastic benefits" comments may not mean so much to you. A lot of the benefits people praise are child care and health care on site for HQ employees. If you are a millenial or someone who is more aggressive, you may be frustrated at the 9-5 culture and mediocrity surrounding you. Leadership is home-grown. Same people in same positions forever so if you are looking to move up quickly, this may not be the place for you.

- very little opportunity for advancement, promotion, or recognition (unless you're in the right cliq) - lot's of people just coasting until retirement - old-guard are very embedded, and their dated ideas are blocking innovation and development - salary is pitiful compared with similar companies - particularly when looking at salary growth over time - while SAS touts their benefits, really they are on-par with what is available from other organizations in the same industry sector - quite a number of "Dolores Umbridge" wannabe's in leadership positions. If she's your favorite Harry Potter character, you'll fit in fine - very cultish in culture. you're either in or you're out - staff have unwarranted feelings of superiority over peers from other organizations - no communicated succession plan, and no expected employee win-fall should the company ever go public - due to SAS' reputation of being a "lax place to work", hard to be taken seriously by other companies when interviewing elsewhere