Thread regarding SAS Institute layoffs

What do Jerry Jones & the Cowboys have in common with SAS? Both CEOs are surrounded by people that only want to incur favor with the CEO. The mission of running a top tier team\company is not what drives Jone's/Goodnight's inner circle. Their focus is on survival and being a liked pet. I can't respect those people, but not hard to understand. Goodnight does not like to be told anything contrary to his view. Goodnight made the decision to charge College's for SAS licenses. Goodnight mandated that Viya be profitable from day one. Goodnight dismissed senior leadership that was not in sync with his view. That's a perk of owning the company, but the downside is you end up with the leadership we have today. A bunch of vultures fighting over what remains of SAS. IPO? What a joke. 2% growth, could you imagine Cramer losing his mind over a company trying to go public with 2% growth. That 2% growth is in dollars, actual SAS usage measured by cores\compute would be down considerable (if it could be measured across all customers). I love SAS, the company, the people, the language and like a lot of people I'm angry at Goodnight for allowing this to happen. It's his right, but we did not have to be put a track to obscurity.

I wholeheartedly agree with everything you said... except that it needed to be heeded 10-15 years ago (and some would argue longer ago than that). It's unfortunately too late now for it to matter one way or the other ;-(

It won't lose any secret love children.

@j0 like around the back of C? Not in his parking space?

It's sad to see he has started parking in the back of C to be closer to the elevators

@e4 Dr. G showed up in person at the retiree event on July 20, FWIW.

I saw him last week in the cafeteria.

That time is coming sooner than later.

I predict there will be an exodus of longtime employees who stayed around in service of him and out of loyalty to what he has built. There will be others who will leave because of uncertainty, lack of direction/faith in leadership, and very little insight into what will be the next steps for the company. Investors will swoop in, buy us out and start breaking the company into smaller, sellable pieces.

Are we sure he hasn't? Haven't seen him in a live presentation in a looooong time

If you’re waiting for some introspection from upper leadership at SAS, get comfortable. It’s going to be a long, LONG wait.

Everyone is replaceable...and most are replaceable for less money. I agree, that is the plan, working as intended.

Sadly, this isn't a bug; it's a feature.

I left SAS after 20+ years. I would gladly have stayed for a modest raise. But nothing was offered. Other companies were paying more, so I left.

After two decades of service, SAS made no attempt to keep me. But I wasn't alone. Other employees, more qualified than myself, were treated the same way.

I was replaced by a person only a few years out of school -- whose strongest qualification was their low cost.

It took me some time to realize: that's the plan.

SAS must cut costs to stay profitable. When experienced talent leaves, replaced by cheaper people, this isn't a systemic failure. It is the system working as intended.

This won't change. If you want a different plan, you must work for a different company.

SAS won't mind if you leave, because -- that's the plan.

Curios what you think will happen when Dr. G passes......