Q&A With SAS Employees

How innovative we are becoming in delivering our software.

Helping our customers solve their business problems.

Whenever I visit HQ, I am constantly shocked by how "9 to 5" it is.

Depends. SAS has always maintained a "35-hour" work week but the truth is the most successful employees (long-term) often work considerably more. A few sluff-off and spend too much time at the SAS gym. This does not go unnoticed by those who "bring it" consistently.

Very good, standard is 35/week. Not enforced so individual mgmt may be bad

That depends on where you work and which building you are in. A lot work from home, others work in Regional Offices across the world, those in Cary work at HQ. My office vibe is chill. I work in a Regional Office and it's quiet and very nice. When I go to HQ, it varies from building to building. The Executive building is very professional and more intense.

Generally fast-paced with many standouts and a relatively small number of minimally-productive employees.

SAS is known for beautiful facilities and world-class perks.

HQ employees have a ton of intramural activities that they can participate in.

Bingo movies dancing

Excellent medical, dental, mental, vision benefits. Retirement benefits are competitive as well.

They are legendary

I feel good about it

I love it

Very flexible.

It's very reasonable. I can WFH when necessary because I put in "core hours" in the office consistently. I do work considerable overtime.

It does depend some on what type of role you’re interviewing. If a non customer role I’d dress nice professional but not full professional. The dress code if non customer facing on main campus in NC is pretty casual. If customer facing I’d suggest dressing for the customer meeting

Biz casual is fine

The culture is probably something that we could improve. We are friendly and helpful, but there is a sense of competition that can sometimes get in the way. Also, because there are so many PhDs and generally smart people in the company, we sometimes struggle with humility.

Diverse and highly-educated

Dr. Goodnight is a proven leader and visionary in workplace culture and analytics. He keeps up with business trends and tech. I think he should ask more of SAS employees and look for ways to reward those who "step up" with greater financial incentives.

Well biggest waves if your family you're treated like royalty if you're not you're treated like scum

I am no longer part of the political engine (which is enormous) and can just focus on my clients.

Focussed and fun to be around

My team is customer facing but is small and effective. The challenge is dealing with other teams.

Being able to communicate succinctly.

Couple of days

Couple of days

That depends on where you work and if you are "customer-facing". Shorts and t-shirts are acceptable if you aren't going to be seen.

I've gotten one every year.

One is for women and the other is for men. Honestly, men shouldn't get the same benefit as women.

Cloud and platform computing are growing, data mgmt is having difficulty.

2 or 3 phone interviews

very helpful

Total software revenue

Very liberal. As long as you get your work done you can do it. Unless you work at HQ. Then you have to come in at least 3 days out of the week.

Product knowledge and how it's used in the field