Softchoice reviews

3.8

75% would recommend to a friend

(1,292 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 1,292 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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3.0
Sep 13, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Great place to gain experience but you should only stay for a year or two.

Cons

Way too political at that place. Nepotism is rampant. Salaries are a joke. High school pecking order. I'm sure that the trips to Africa are only for a select few. You have to leave that place after a couple of years of gaining experience. Thats precisely what the company founders wanted when SCC came into being in 1989 and its what they still want now. One day you're getting awards and then one day you're escorted off of the premises because of "restructuring". Rather than giving you a cost of living increase each year (they've now frozen salaries) they want you to leave and then replace you with a new university grad for a salary lower than yours. There are people who have stayed at that place so long that if ever they get laid off, they'll have a nervous breakdown because its the only environment they've ever known. They won't rebound well.

1.0
Mar 10, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

It is easy to get a job there.

Cons

Pay, this company pays the least I have EVER seen a company pay. There are people working there making $40K and they leave and go to a competitor and DOUBLE their salary. It's unreal. They try to gloss over the pay problem by using words like competitive salaries but they fail to mention that the competitive salary is only for the Senior Leadership. Their training sessions are a joke, the same woman getting employees to watch movies and comment on them...useless. And to add insult to injury the reference you get from Softchoice isn't worth the paper it's written on because every other company knows that Softchoice is a Mickey Mouse operation.

2.0
Jan 23, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Casual attire, take you dog to work, fun working environment, young crowd, occasionally paid meals, gifts, perks, social events, freebies, flexible around taking personal time off, not micro -managing employees

Cons

If you are only satisfied with just beer cart and take your dog to work, then go ahead and join softchoice. This company is just so stingy - paying people like crap and expect you to have tons of input and come up with solutions that make the company. This is why it has such a high turnover rate. People aren't gonna settle for that little income and that little yearly raise.

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