I’m 57 and ready for a layoff or vrbo package. Come get me! Or invite me to come partake. Could financially retire but feel like I’m a self made prisoner of the golden shackles. Will 57 year olds ever be eligible for a vrbo given decades of... — read more 

https://presentofcoding.substack.com/p/please-switch-to-python Stata can’t. SAS can’t. SPSS can’t. MATLAB’s answer is “call Python from MATLAB.” even where these tools have some capability, it requires calling Python, or expensive licenses, or... — read more 

"Fidelity Investments has laid off several people from its Covington campus." https://local12.com/news/local/fidelity-investments-layoffs-hit-covington-campus-employment-unemployment-jobs

I'd expect more people running for the door considering the current situation at SAS, but the fact is that the only reason turnover is low right now is that the job market is a disaster. People are not staying because they love it here. They are... — read more 

Groundbreaking stuff! A CEO acknowledging that employees outside the US are also, in fact, employees. And framing the bonus as damage control for American democracy imploding? Absolutely riveting corporate theater! Thank you, Dr. Goodnight!

Please don't let SAS be gutted by private equity like they already did to many other companies. How Private Equity Gutted Local Malls: Joann Fabrics, Red Lobster, Claire's, and More. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_7SQDuUKQs

https://howtocenterdiv.com/beyond-the-div/nobody-pushed-back Every major architectural disaster has the same structure underneath: there's a technical, visible problem, someone — usually more than one person — can see it, but pushing back costs... — read more 

Billionaire Jim Goodnight Built An Analytics Profit Machine. AI Is Forcing Its Reinvention. ByPhoebe Liu,Reporter. May 15, 2026, 06:30am EDT Updated May 15, 2026, 10:36am EDT Unlike most of today’s biggest AI companies, SAS—once America’s largest... — read more 

I was not able to make it. How was the food? Was it crowded? Did everyone get stock shares or a car?

Rumors are that some companies (mostly west coast) are returning to Work From Home due to the dramatic increase in gas prices. Any local confirmation of that?

Wikipedia quotes 12,170, but I suppose that does not include recent layoffs.

What level do you need reach at SAS to get to $400K annual total comp?

I heard through the grapevine that some number of consultants were laid off this past week. Anybody got confirmation or details?

Same playbook, different reason. "An estimated 7% of Microsoft’s 125,000-person U.S. workforce, or about 8,750 employees, would be eligible... Microsoft itself laid off more than 15,000 employees last year and began requiring workers in the Seattle... — read more 

Some in management loved to play political games in the company. Like it was fun. Why? Business isn’t a game for those trying to earn a living.

We’re getting ready to be ready to be IPO ready! Congrats everyone, job well done!

I can say with full confidence these have been the worst three years of my career.

I'm stuck in a miserable team and every day is a struggle. Bills keep me at SAS but I'm desperately looking. Been grinding on LinkedIn, company career pages, reworking my resume for hours on end. Still nothing but rejections. What platforms are... — read more 

I posted my thoughts in a comment awhile back, here's my peon take on the state of things: MGMT isn't held accountable; escape is just a re-org away. There's zero vision at the top. JP/BH/GD are not the right guys by any metric. Our sales... — read more 

Does anyone remember the 25th anniversary party? If not, it was a huge party at Walnut Creek. The 50th is laid out like the spring picnics we had before COVID (and after the demise of the SAS winter parties (because of drunken debauchery..cough... — read more 

Will HR make him send an email with an official apology or will 3000 RND employees be quietly told to ignore him? Either way confidence is lost. He fired the testers causing an explosion in escaped bugs. BH apologed for him. His rolling reorg has... — read more 

Meanwhile, out in the real world, Red Storm just laid off 100, and Epic Games... — read more 

We had an internal survey and a lot of us were honest about everything, including management. A few weeks later, several of us were laid off. Funny how that worked out.

Is it too late to go remote?

If you are a SAS author, how much is SAS taking from your book's the Anthropic settlement? I'll go first. SAS wants 100%. I guess the big guy must be hurting more than we realized.

The sun began to set over the 50 year anniversary celebration as the band filled the air with a steady rhythm that kept the energy high. Near the edge of the lawn, the televangelist was busy handing out free books for the upcoming book club meeting... — read more 

I’m predicting some form of internal IPO announcement/details as part of 50 year anniversary activities… let the downvotes commence

..slackers, all of you. /s

I'm shocked at how many people I talked to are looking for something better. Heck, some of them said they're not even looking to go up in pay or benefits, they are even willing to take a pay cut to get away. When did we become a place people were so... — read more 

Anyone know what the layoff package looked like for the unfortunate folks let go last week?

From my perspective, there is little evidence of meaningful leadership within the organization. The senior management team appears largely aligned around maintaining the status quo rather than addressing the significant challenges the company is... — read more 

Anyone got merit this year? I got 7%, maybe I am at lower end.

Well it is bonus announcement week. Anyone hear anything yet? Use this post to report %s this week for those into such things

They trade experience for cheap labor and then they're surprised the results aren't the same.

Does anyone remember the timing for last year’s buyout offer? I finally hit the 'magic number' and hoping for a repeat of last year’s offer.

So far at least 7 people I know in one subgroup that rolls up to the marketing division. All individual contributors. No idea if they were paid out according to the standard severance agreement. Job elimination was given as the reason. What have... — read more 

Wall Street is down today because of this speculation about AI's economic effects. It's well worth reading: https://www.citriniresearch.com/p/2028gic

From N&O: “SAS Institute in Cary at No. 556” Congratulations!

About 25 years ago Advanced Analytics was created. What’s next after the AA reorg? Just Analytics?