Thread regarding SAS Institute layoffs

Where are the raises?

Shouldn't we have gotten info on them? The last email said they would be effective this month

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“ Or retire in place like the rest of us <3”

That isn’t the rest of us. If by retire in place you mean collect a paycheck without actually working then speak for yourself. That is a spotlight on your character versus the badge of honor you seem to think it is.

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Post ID: @13m+1jre4bvgj

Or retire in place like the rest of us <3

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Post ID: @13f+1jre4bvgj

“ Anything less than three percent is cutting your salary and should be treated as such.”

So treat it accordingly then. I assume that means leaving SAS.

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Post ID: @13d+1jre4bvgj

The idea that people are "well placed" is nonsense. If you aren't providing a percentage that keeps up with inflation you are actively taking purchasing power out of employees pockets. I can't afford the same things this year that I did last year on the same salary. That's how cost of living adjustments work. Anything less than three percent is cutting your salary and should be treated as such.

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Post ID: @111+1jre4bvgj

I know a lot of longtime employees who did get bonus this year.

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Post ID: @102+1jre4bvgj

I know a few longtime employees who got no bonus at all this year.

Only explanation given was that there was just not enough money to automatically give every employee a hefty bonus as in past years. That bonuses and raises and promotions would be hard to come by going forward.

Very sad for these friends. I guess this is how it will be now.

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Post ID: @zt+1jre4bvgj

The bonus/salary/promotion info email from early March said the raise pool was lower than last year and the information would be shared in "late April" but effective April 1 typically. As they always say, "most people are already well placed within bands"...

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Post ID: @hs+1jre4bvgj

Don't blame boomers for not getting a raise. Keep in mind that many of those boomers cranked out very marketable software during the glory years at SAS.
Don't blame tariffs either.

Majority blame should be directed towards a decade of high investment low return software that resulted in flat revenue. Same situation is the main impediment to a sale/IPO.

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Post ID: @ek+1jre4bvgj

In the past there were some years SAS did not give out raises. I will not be surprised if they withhold raises this year, since they have the buyout and the layoffs at the same time.

You can ask your manager directly if you're getting a raise or not.

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Post ID: @dy+1jre4bvgj

Sh-t! Anonymous @dk+1jre4bvgj heard that it will be rare to get raises from here on out!

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Post ID: @dr+1jre4bvgj

boomers be mad bro - downvoting the truthful comment. all the money has gone to pay for retirement buyouts. from what I hear it will be rare now to get a raise from here on out.

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Post ID: @dk+1jre4bvgj

Have I been banned? When I post from my PC now, they are quickly deleted (nothing incendiary about the ones deleted). Anyone else seen this?

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Post ID: @d7+1jre4bvgj

I thought raises have typically started in the April paycheck?

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Post ID: @d6+1jre4bvgj

The raises are in May. May has not arrived.

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Post ID: @cb+1jre4bvgj

There's no money for raises. It all went to buy out the boomers who otherwise refuse to leave.

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Post ID: @bh+1jre4bvgj

Bonus info has been shared but no one I know has gotten a raise.

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Post ID: @ab+1jre4bvgj

In 2025, both raise and bonus are optional and that’s ok.

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Post ID: @a2+1jre4bvgj

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