Too much politics and nepotism, not much work getting done. - Anonymous employee SAS Employee Review

People who joined 2-3 decades ago haven't left yet (and not because they are worth keeping around necessarily). Nepotism and incompetence is rampant in certain departments within R&D. People are hired/ promoted/ given opportunities based on who they know rather than what they can do. The executive leadership is trying to do the right thing but immediately below them is a thick layer of VPs, senior directors, directors , managers (people who spend most days reminiscing about the "good old days" of SAS) who run their departments as personal fiefdoms and suppress/ turn a blind eye to any wrongdoings or mistreatment carried out by their favorite employees. Any action taken is too late and only to save their own skin. HR is too slow to react to incidents of workplace misconduct. There is no career path for young employees.