Great place to work - Training Specialist SofterWare Employee Review

5.0
Aug 17, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The purpose of my position is to help others. Helping others that help the world be a better place is very satisfying. I feel valued in my job. The benefits are pretty decent (e.g. healthcare, PTO time). Communication is easy between colleagues, in my department and between departments. Technical support from IT staff is top notch. Someone is always willing to help, on the simplest problem or something more involved - with the patience of a saint! Communications for future plans is generally shared - sometimes we, the staff, want to know a bit more up front. The culture is very nice and inviting - fun and casual interactions built into the wallpaper of the Company. Great Company values supported through what we all do and the reasons behind things.

Cons

I wish my salary was higher (don't we all?). Pressure to meet deadlines and productivity levels - the stress, admittedly is self imposed.

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SofterWare Response
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Thank you so much for the 5 star review! Teachers at every stage of life are critical to ensuring growth and learning, and your work is helping our clients make the world a better place. We appreciate your comments about our work environment, your colleagues who help each other succeed, and our values! They’re the reason SofterWare was named a Top Workplace 11 times! We also appreciate your comments about wanting a higher salary. We recognize the importance of offering competitive wages, so we benchmark salaries and benefits with similar roles to make sure we stay competitive. Combined with 401k matching, monthly profit sharing, as well the others you mentioned such as paid time off (including full/partial leaves for having/adopting children, bereavement, etc.), healthcare, disability insurance and more, SofterWare’s compensation package meets or exceeds the medium for similar roles throughout North America. We also offer both merit and COLA increases as your tenure continues to make sure we reward excellence, maintain competitiveness, and retain the best staff in the industry! We encourage a work/life balance (in fact, it’s one of the specific categories we were named best of in the Top Workplace awards), so if you feel deadlines and your workload are causing you personal stress, we encourage you to speak with your manager. We can work to accommodate your personal work/life balance. We can also provide additional ways, through our free Employee Assistance Program, to help you learn how to cope with stress, learn time management skills, and speak to professionals for other assistance. Lastly, we appreciate your advice to management about sharing more of a bigger picture. Our president, Lauren Sheehan, recently started sharing recaps of the executive meetings, and the members of the exec team share an update every quarter on the second Friday of the month on how the company is performing, goals, projects, etc. That said, we’ll pass your feedback on to the leadership team, since there is always more we can do to communicate more and better. Thank you for over 10 years of service to our nonprofit clients, and we look forward to working with you for many more! Sincerely, Lauren Sheehan, President

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Cons

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Cons

Only con I can think of is that if you don't like being fully remote then this won't be the company for you

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