15.7 Case in Point: People Come First at SAS ball courts on campus. Plus, the company offers free on-site health care for employees, covers dependents at their fully staffed primary medical care center, provides flexible scheduling, and offers unlimited sick leave. The company understands that emplovees have a life and encourages employees to work reasonable hours and then go home to their families. In fact, a famous motto in the company is, "II you are working for more than eight hours, you are lust adding bugs." SAS is truly one of the industry leaders in leveraging its treatment of people for continued business success. Multimedia Extension-SAS Campus Tour View in the online reader Case Discussion Questions 1. SAS is involved in cutting-edge technology. Does this give it a distinct advantage in employee retention and satlsfaction over, for example, a manufacturing company or a food retaller? 2. Do you feel that investing heavily in employee perks ultimately pays off for a company? Would you feel the same way during hard economic times, when the pool of highly qualifed workers grows and the number of avallable jobs shrinks dramatically? 3. How much of an advantage does SAS have, given that the company produces analytic software to help businesses improve their functionality? 4. In addition to giving employees interesting and chalenging projects, SAS also places a high level of trust in its employees. In your opinion, how do these factors contribute to employee creativity and innovation? 5. What do you think you'd like about working at SAS? What would you not potentially like