Working at SAS today gave me a general overview about the environment and community of the workplace. We started with a presentation about SAS to introduce us to the company, noting its relevance in the world and its work “behind the scenes” in almost all of the Fortune 500 companies. We watched videos on the different uses of SAS programs and the outlook of the company from the employees’ point of view. We then went to one of their many lunchrooms which had an assortment of foods (sushi, sandwiches, pizza, and global dishes) and discussed the presentation with our peers and the person that gave the presentation.
After, we broke out into our individual interest-based fields; for me, it was marketing. I shadowed someone called Ms. Sundheim who was very thorough in showing me the community and we walked around meeting people in the marketing field and talked to us about what each of them did. I found that to be a great introduction to that specific branch of SAS since I was able to get a good understanding of the environment. We finally finished in her office, where she showed us some previous projects her team had worked on and asked us for some advice and help in thinking about ideas for her next project.