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      SAS

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      SAS reviews

      4.0

      76% would recommend to a friend

      (3,110 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 3,110 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
      Sep 12, 2014

      Leading Analytics Software Company and great place to work

      Sales
      Recommend
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      Pros

      SAS is the Market leader in analytics applied to Big Data and visualization of that data. Their is huge demand ofr Data Scientists right now and demand is outstripping supply so a great time to acquire skills in what is a high profile hot market at the moment. SAS has the best market leading solutions in this area applied to a diverse range of industries to solve analytics and optimisation problems. The work environment is stunning set in several acres of manicured grounds.Good work life balance and strong executive leadership.

      Cons

      SAS needs to up it's pace of change with regards adjusting its sales model to meet changing "in the cloud" market demands

      4.0
      Sep 10, 2014

      Legacy Company Treats Employees Fair and Customers not so Fair

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      SAS is famous for the perks it offers employee--its main claim to fame. Its software is (and becoming less so) indispensable to corporations worldwide. Rather than taking all of the profits, Goodnight has invested large sums of money back into the company which is why it has $3.1 Billion in sales in 2013. Until 2001/2002, new ideas were embraced. This is a company that has an enormous talent pool. Overall good for employees and not so good if you are a customer sustaining the cash flows into the company.

      Cons

      The rivers of cash and enormous talent pool are not that well harnessed in today's competitive environment. Goodnight has no shareholders or board of directors to help guide the company. His decision making style is opaque, leaving many to divine his intent. Executive management are mainly long-tenured employees whose outside perspective has dimmed over time. Only one corporate officer from a Fortune 500 company has held a position in the company and that was less than 2 years. Read as this is a very insular company. Customers are to be milked and alliance partners are to be used as stop-gaps until R&D can build a competing product.

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