Pros
Some of the reasons are obvious. Bring your dogs to work, great social environment etc. Other Pros are a little more sutble. It's refreshing working for a company that works hard to put alll their employees on the same page. It's easy to communicate to other when we are all striving for the same goal. I've worked at other IT companies where they create a culture of divisiveness. Softchoice goes out of their way to promote togetherness. It seems to be working. Change can be both a Pro and a Con. It's very exciting to be working for such a dynamic company. If you're bored at Softchoice, wait 5 minutes, things will change. I like being surrounded by other that are professional. We all know what our jobs are and we work to get to our goals. Softchoice gives you the environment to learn and grow. One of Softchoice yearly themes was "Unleashing Our Potential". SLT (Senior Leadership Team) geneuinely lives by that motto. We are given every opportunity to prove our worth not only to our teams and leaders but most importanly to ourselves. It is very rare to find a company so invested in personal growth. Currently there is very little politics on my team. Overall I couldn't see myselft working anywhere else.
Cons
Our benefits package was resently downgraded. It feels like it's one of the worst beneifts package i've ever had in my career. I can easily see past the lower end salaries if the benefits are good but this made a lot of people question their loyalties. Salaries tend to be a the lower end of the spectrum at Softchoice but Softchoice does however invest is a number of employee resources that our competators don't. (ie the amount of licensing resourses is stagering). It's a mixed bag. I think this creates a brain drain that causes alot of people to get the training from Softchoice and then leave for a better salaries. . Sometimes change is too much. Plenty okay, too much no good.