Softchoice reviews

3.8

75% would recommend to a friend

(1,291 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 1,291 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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1.0
Jun 21, 2015

Very juvenile high school setting.

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Pros

VERY young work environment. Very much like a high school setting with managers and supervisors that micro manage their students. Sure you can bring your dog to work but that doesn't compensate for the low wages or high parking fees. They do give back with 2 Volunteer Days which is admirable as well as a Recess Day which is a day off. Nice.

Cons

For an IT Tech company they do not invest in their people or their hardware & software. The attrition rate is high and revolving door is forever swinging round and round. No work life balance and no additional resources to get the job done. Managers can be very condescending to their teams and yet they expect to be recognized as a Best Managed Company by pressuring their teams to complete the surveys favorably.

2.0
Mar 11, 2013
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Pros

Softchoice hires some really great people. I can see staying in touch with many of my co-workers after I or they leave. My compensation package was competitive. Benefits coverage is good -- 100% dental, 100% pharma (except for dispensing fee) Monthly company-wide video conference updates on sales performance, industry news, etc

Cons

Lots of bragging about mission and values. When the "rubber hits the road" values appear to be only words on paper. For example, they've terminated people who've been on disability or on maternity/parental leave. That's taking care of each other? Doing the right thing? Very low pay for entry level positions -- Inside Sales, Customer Support Reps, Operations Big problem Inside Sales is very high pressure and therefore has high turnover. Nobody seems to care about how this affects customers or at leasst nothing seems to be done about it that I can see. The company plans a lot of changes every year but only seems to complete a few of them the others seem to go into a black hole never to be heard of again. There's a conflict between the "old" Softchoice and the "new" Softchoice. The culture is changing because the company has been publicly traded for about 10 years and shareholders want increased share price. Promotions are politically driven but this similar to many other companies. Too many VPs and Directors for a company with 1000 employees. Seriously check their website. I'm doubtful of current management's competence in building a services organization. None of them has ever done that anywhere else. Senior "Leaders" are managers NOT leaders -- NOT ONE of them. They're nice people and competent but I see nothing and nobody to follow.

2.0
Jan 24, 2013

Very Incompetent Senior Leadership team

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Pros

having a pay cheque, paying the bills

Cons

poor ethics amongst senior leadership team

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