What is REALLY the Best Workplace on Earth?

As I was scrolling through the Comm 101 blog site, I noticed two blog posts regarding the best workplace on Earth. Alanna Hua claimed that Microsoft was number one, while Bianca Pinasco believed that Google should own the podium. After some research, I have to say that the best company to work for is SAS. Yes, you read that right. SAS, not Microsoft, not Google and not Apple.

**For those that don’t know, SAS is a Carolina-based software company that offers software and services to governments and large corporations.**

Anyways, so what makes SAS so special? Of course, like Google, SAS offers many services to their employees. All SAS employees and their families have free access to on-site recreation centres, medical services and families also receive child-care benefits.

That, however, is not what sets SAS apart from their competitors. What distinguishes them is the undying loyalty and commitment the top management has for its employees. During the Great Recession in 2008, almost all of SAS’ customers stopped buying products; consequently, employee moral reached an all-time low. To tackle the problem, Dr. Jim Goodnight, CEO of SAS, made a public guarantee: He announced that not a single one of the 13,000 employees would be laid off and only requested employees to be more frugal in the future months to get through the recession. (By the way, that year (2009), SAS recorded record profits).

Appropriately, last year, SAS was ranked the best workplace on earth, over Google and Microsoft.