SAS Institute Reviews

Pros

1. Great company, great culture, great products.
2. Realistic expectations
3. Fantastic people
4. Company does not answer to Wall Street and does not lay people off for no reason.

Cons

1. It is difficult to move upwards in this company because employees stay in their jobs for a long time.
2. Because the benefits are so good, the pay is lower than competition.
3. There is nepotism and favoritism in the organization.

Advice to Senior Management

Some internal turnover and disruption may help to take the company to the next level. Just because an employee has been with the company 20 years does not make them better than someone who has been there 3 or 5 years.

Pros

great place to work, everyone is extremely friendly, great pay and benefits

Cons

not many, this is a great company. The only thing is I wanted to rise quicker, but thats hard everywhere

Advice to Senior Management

needs slightly more leeway for rising

Pros

The benefits are wonderful including the health care package, reimbursement for day care, supported preventative health care services and programs, etc. SAS pays fairly based on the locale. The profit sharing and retirement funding seems fair for a private company.

Cons

No real career paths defined or realistic opportunities for those of us that are career focused instead of job focused. Lower level / new management and leadership training does not exist. If you want to grow your existing technical skills, that exists. However if you want training to promote yourself into a leadership role, it's all on you to driver yourself and hope that it meshes with the "SAS-way".

Advice to Senior Management

Push HR into providing better career programs. Personally I would change my mind about a career at SAS because of all the other great things about the company. However if I can't grow, I can't stay.

Pros

SAS employees enjoy a supportive environment, outstanding opportunities for professional growth, and a chance to help SAS drive the new economy and provide innovative solutions for business decision makers across the globe.

Cons

The company pays slightly below market-average salaries and it's a very conservative company that typically isn't first to adopt cutting-edge technologies.

Advice to Senior Management

Thanks for 35-hour work week, comprehensive health/wellness coverage and programs, world-class recreation facilities, scholarship program for employees' children resulting to low turnover!

Pros

Great colleagues, wonderful campus, great environment, opportunities to direct technology direction and work with current technology.

Cons

Not always the fastest, most dynamic place. Some politics at the highest level and ultimately the decision always comes down to who has the top man's ear.

Advice to Senior Management

Make sure the creative ideas from staff are given enough attention.

Pros

GREAT benefits; best i have ever seen
Room to grow
Challenging
Everyone is on the same team
Treated with respect and valued as an employee

Cons

Human Resources needs to take seriously and do something about the complaints of employees, especially if more than one person is complaining about the same issue and they are willing to leave a place they like due to the same issue. One bad apple should not be allowed to spoil the whole bunch.

Advice to Senior Management

Don't allow lower management to turn employees into disgruntled unhappy and stressed workers. Listen to employers and take them seriously.

Pros

Everybody gets their own office. My office has a great view. The office buildings are all very nice. Job security is very good.

Cons

No professional-growth opportunities. No organized feedback to/from immediate management. No contact whatsoever with upper management. Very long work hours with little acknowledgement for good work.

Advice to Senior Management

We need to create a more organized system for feedback and review of employee performance. We need a little more organization and planning from a project-management aspect -- more project managers.

Pros

challenging and stimulating work environment, flexible hours, working with the best minds in our industry to solve complex problems and deliver value for our customers.

Cons

The area I'm working in has experienced rapid growth. This sometimes entails long hours and a less than serene environment, but it is a necessary price for delivering value to our customers and to thrive long term.

Pros

Challenge, Dynamic and Strong Global knowledge support.

Cons

Poor management team and high turnover rate due to each leader.

Advice to Senior Management

Recently, you replace new MD named Taveesak. everything from what I heard from ex-SAS (almost all office) this is end era of SAS thailand.

Pros

Easy, relaxed, country-club environment where you can get to play voleey-ball with Sr. Directors and Vice-Presidents.

Cons

Working at SAS is like working at a Lab. Most of the work is academic in nature and rarely applicable to real-life cases. For those used to getting things done, SAS is not the best place to work at. In fact, it is a greta place to work at for those who are contempt with their lifes and want to find a good place to retire in North Carolina.

Advice to Senior Management

Executives at SAS Institute should challenge Dr. Goodnight more regularly and provide accurate information about the market place. Execuitves rarely share information down the chain of command.