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      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

      Ratings by category

      4.3

      Work/Life balance

      4.1

      Culture & values

      4.1

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.8

      Compensation and benefits

      3.6

      Career opportunities

      3.5

      Senior management

      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 Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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      3K reviews
      5.0
      May 4, 2011

      Great place to work

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great place to work, good compensations

      Cons

      Being an R&D center the product life cycles are slow.

      4.0
      Apr 23, 2011

      Very few work environments will feed your brain the way SAS does.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Hugely intellectually stimulating, leading edge in many ways, good people making good product work, rather than good people hiding behind vapourware.

      Cons

      Al big companies have the same cons, but generally SAS is a very good place to work.

      3.0
      Apr 20, 2011

      At the time/place it was good fit, had strong personal growth and decent income.

      Business development manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good technology. Good work life balance. If you are a programmer, technical person or an SE it is a great place to work. Technical and sales development training is encouraged. Good benefits and 5-10%+ company contributions into profit sharing, but no equity or options. For some,. it was great opportunity to build a new business, or handle multiple roles with plenty of resources to support you.

      Cons

      As a sales person it was incredibly difficult unless you had an account with a large installed base. During my 7 year career there I saw sales teams in regions turn over 4X. You get 2 years to make your numbers, and then get kicked out. Many people got frustrated and left before that point. Product is very difficult/complex to sell with very long sales cycles. Goodnight hates to pay sales people, so comp plans change regularly. He is surrounded with a cadre of "yes" men and woman who are so anxious to stay on the "gravy train" (sort of) that don't question him nor challenge him. Also few savvy tech people stay longer than 5 years, so the company has a very, very insular culture. Goodnight likes to acquire failing technology companies on the cheap, their management who stays has an out sized influence on SAS for a period of time before they become assimilated. Great at slick marketing, but content light and very, very insular group.

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