SAS touted as a best place to work for parents

Analytics leader and workplace culture champion SAS has been recognized as a Best Workplace for Parents™ by Great Place to Work®. With a longstanding, proven philosophy of employee retention resulting in business success, SAS knows investing in the well-being and development of its top talent helps drive the company’s creativity and innovation.  

The list assessed working parents across all positions and their experiences of trust and reaching their full human potential at work. Feedback also analyzed the correlation of parenting status and how it affects innovation opportunities, opinions on management effectiveness and feelings on how company values are embraced. In addition, certain programs such as parental leave, adoption, flexible schedule, childcare and dependent health care benefits were evaluated.

Especially important during the unpredictability of a multiyear pandemic, SAS’ reputation of prioritizing employee happiness and providing supportive resources resulted in a smooth transition to remote work environments. By encouraging  balance and flexibility, the company’s efforts and mindfulness have been praised by all employees and much appreciated by working parents juggling priorities. Virtual offerings of all its amenities and more provided employees a variety of support – from career development and parenting needs to mental health seminars and exercise classes. In addition to free online learning offerings for employees, their children and the general public, other on-site benefits such as the health care center and pharmacy continued to remain open to care for employees and their families.

“The pandemic presented parents with unique challenges that impacted their work- and home-lives,” said Michael C. Bush, CEO of Great Place to Work. “But these companies paid close attention to the experiences of their working parents and ensured that they didn’t have to choose between a thriving career and being present for their children.”

In addition to recently being named as a Company That Cares by People magazine, SAS is recognized annually as one of the World’s Best Workplaces as well as in Asia, Europe and the US. The company has also received distinctions as a most innovative company and a top place to work for millennials and women and for diversity.   

Learn what makes SAS a great place to work.

About the Best Workplaces for Parents

Great Place to Work selected the Best Workplaces for Parent by gathering and analyzing confidential survey responses from more than 6 million employees at Great Place to Work-Certified™ organizations that have at least 50 responses from parents. Company rankings are derived from 60 employee experience questions within the Great Place to Work Trust Index™ survey.  

About Great Place to Work

Great Place to Work is the global authority on workplace culture. Since 1992, they have surveyed more than 100 million employees worldwide and used those deep insights to define what makes a great workplace: trust. Their employee survey platform empowers leaders with the feedback, real-time reporting and insights they need to make data-driven people decisions. Everything they do is driven by the mission to build a better world by helping every organization become a great place to work For All™.

 

About SAS

SAS is a global leader in data and AI. With SAS software and industry-specific solutions, organizations transform data into trusted decisions. SAS gives you THE POWER TO KNOW®.

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