Very good in some ways, not so great in others
Pros
Comfortable working environment. Decent pace. Private offices. Stocked breakroom. Good people.
Cons
1. The benefits are understood to be a part of your overall compensation. The problem is that you may not want or even be able to take advantage of many of them. If you don't have a child then subsidized child care is useless but the cost of it is still part of your compensation. Ditto gym,swimming pool,M&Ms, etc. So effectively you give up some compensation. 2. Actual salaries are low compared to other software companies, partly because of #1. 3. SAS does NOT compensate you for working hard. No matter how well I am reviewed my raises never reflect it. Last set of raises were around 1%. 4. Advancement depends on who you know, not how well you perform. I see so many do-nothings with top-level titles here. 5. None of us have any idea what is going to happen when Goodnight retires. 6. Since the company is so comfortable very few leave. So long timers reach top positions. As such new ideas are extremely hard to implement because management is entrenched, closeminded, and unaware of concepts outside the company.
