Softchoice reviews

3.8

75% would recommend to a friend

(1,289 total reviews)
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Andrew Caprara

81% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

Softchoice has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,289 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Softchoice employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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1K reviews
4.0
Jul 21, 2016

Account Executive

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good company culture. Can bring your dogs to work. Great place to start for those breaking into IT.

Cons

Work/Life balance can be challenging. Very few future career options available (ie upper management).

2.0
Jul 20, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Valuable training program in the first month (Sales) Plenty of food to enjoy. Public transportation subsidy. Decent culture.

Cons

Extremely high turnover rate: The company is hiring an alarming amount of people every month to join their sales team. for every 20 people they are hiring, about 5-6 of those people remain with the company long term. Working in such an environment where people are quitting or being fired at a moments notice can be very discouraging and brings on unnecessary stress on you as job security is virtually non existent. Favoritism: Favoritism will exist in every work environment that you are in, this simply is a fact. However the levels at which it exists at this place is borderline unethical. Management will be very quick to choose their favourite new hires and will provide them with far more attention and assistance compared to everyone else. Tenured staff members are also known to align with select new hires and provide them with leads and unfair advantages, leaving others at a disadvantage to meet the same quotas. If you are disliked by management or simply do not fit their "mold", steps will be taken to have you fired rather quickly, and if you are someone who falls in the middle you are left to fend for yourself and figure everything out on your own. Compensation: For most sales position, the base salary is far below industry standards. If you are lucky enough to sell something, the commission does not take into effect until your 5th month of employment or once you have been deployed.

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Softchoice Response
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Thank you for your thoughtful review. You’re right, we are hiring a lot of sales people. We’re in serious growth mode and the reality is that we can’t get enough good people in the door! As you indicate we have a very rigorous and intensive training program for all new sales hires. For many, this program is like getting a degree in 4 months and we realize this is not for everyone. Our managers are coached to help all of our new hires ramp up quickly. Compensation and total rewards are based on performance. Our success as a company is based on our level of commitment to our people and the passion they have for the work that they do. We agree that Softchoice is a great place to start and develop a career in a constantly changing and challenging industry.
4.0
Jul 18, 2016

Manager

Anonymous employee
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Pros

good colleagues, good culture and atmosphere

Cons

somewhat political, small desk space and no privacy between cubicles

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