great company by scary department - Systems Administrator SAS Employee Review

3.0
Jun 10, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

cafeterias, gym, healthcare, child care (once you've been there for about 3 years). The company benefits are excellent. The building are new and beautiful. The Cary campus is wonderful.

Cons

out of touch management - I worked in the Sas solutions on demand group (SSOD) , and it's very different from what you hear about SAS. You are expected to work 50+ hours per week, many times through the night without any time off the next day. There is no work/life balance, like the older parts of SAS have. This division is run completely differently from the rest of the company. No one from the rest of the company will move into this department, and it's commonly spoken of as a "sweat shop." Even if you use this as a foot in the door to the company, there's no guarantee that you'll get to move to another division, even after you have served the required year in this division. SAS is a great company, but they have really fallen down on this division.

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Cons

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Pros

Benefits: health coverage, on-site gym, childcare, healthcare center, and more. Work-life balance: predictable hours, flexibility for parents and a culture that doesn't expect you to grind 60-hour weeks.

Cons

Compensation lags the market, slow career advancement and promotions can take years. Change-resistant culture and new ideas move slowly. Leadership team manages up to just one person.

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