Working at SAS: An Ideal Environment for New Ideas

If you treat employees as if they make a difference to the company, they will make a difference to the company. That has been the employee-focused philosophy behind SAS’ corporate culture since our founding in 1976. At the heart of this unique business model is a simple idea: satisfied employees create satisfied customers.

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"We’ve worked hard to create a corporate culture that is based on trust between our employees and the company," explains SAS President and CEO Jim Goodnight, "a culture that rewards innovation, encourages employees to try new things and yet doesn’t penalize them for taking chances, and a culture that cares about employees’ personal and professional growth."

SAS employees work in an environment that fosters and encourages the integration of the company’s business objectives with their personal needs. With enviable low employee turnover that has been consistently and significantly below the industry average, SAS reaps the rewards of employee loyalty. Our customers reap the benefits of the most talented minds in the software business.

Our work-life programs and unique work environment continue to receive wide news coverage and accolades. For eleven consecutive years, the company has been listed in the top 20 of Fortune's "100 Best Companies to Work for in America" and was inducted into the list's "Hall of Fame" in 2005.

A responsive corporate citizen
SAS is committed to being a contributing corporate citizen. Through a generous philanthropic program, including corporate support for a robust employee volunteer initiative, we seek to better the communities where we live and work by supporting education, community creativity and efforts where SAS is uniquely qualified to make a difference.

Since our founding in 1976, SAS has remained true to its academic roots by supporting educational causes. Our philanthropic mission comes from a belief that we, as corporate citizens, have an opportunity to positively impact the educational process. But it's more than a mission – education is our passion. We are proud of our company’s contributions to improve education and excited about future efforts that will continue that tradition.