SAS reviews

4.0

76% would recommend to a friend

(3,101 total reviews)
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Jim Goodnight

81% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

SAS has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 3,101 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 Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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1.0
Oct 29, 2019

A victim of disruption?

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- A lot of good people stick with the company (but unfortunately less and less so in the past few years). - Work/life balance (depending on where you work). - On target earnings (if ever applicable). - Customer-base provides decent basis for interesting projects (if you can get to them).

Cons

- Proprietary SW and "old tech" (somebody obviously slept in class). ...and even Dr Schabenberger can't make up for the missed opportunities in the analytics (e.g. ML/AI) market. - Highly introverted culture ("clan-based", could be a positive thing, but at SAS it becomes stagnant...). - Extremely political organization - across the globe (especially if you have ambitions and care about your career development).

2.0
Oct 6, 2019

Get in and GET OUT

Recommend
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Pros

Best Advice: Get In, Get Experience, and GET OUT. Work From Home Often Online Courses To Grow Career - though not easy to fit into your schedule Office Perks Like On Site Gym And Cafe Compensation Can Be Nice, Depending On Your Popularity

Cons

Everyone is the enemy. Customers, project managers, team leads - EVERYONE is constantly squeezing as much as possible out of you, non-stop. You can also be stuck with a horrible customer for YEARS with no hope of ever changing projects. And when you're not feeling the squeeze of project deadlines, it means you're on the bench and in fear of being perceived as "useless". If you're on the bench, there is absolutely no effort put into getting you a project you would want, and you're expected to SEEK out potential work by sweet talking project managers, and getting your name out there internally. You have a job, but somehow you still have to job hunt? There is a lot of talk about "teamwork" but barely any real world execution. Aside from a small number leadership and senior level staff having their cliques, the rest of us are workhorses, without any real sense of team or family. Everyone is out to get out of you AS MUCH as possible, and that is the bottom line. Your stress levels, work-life balance, or career interests are irrelevant. And the corporate structure is changing rapidly in a very negative way as the company continues to globalize.

2.0
Mar 28, 2019

Company’s best years are over

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Excellent pay and benefits. Beautiful place to work with nice facilities ***if you work at the HQ in Cary, NC.***

Cons

Clueless management has no new ideas. Many people are too busy congratulating themselves on their self-perceived greatness to change/adapt/improve as needed. Few opportunities for advancement unless you’re amongst the chosen few.

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