Softchoice reviews

1. Tends to be fragmented, disjoint, shallow 2. Low salaries compared to industry (depends on your benchmark) 3. Pretends to be fun and exciting - but more often comes off as fake and insincere 4. Inexperienced ineffective management makes it hard to grow and develop, or satisfy customers 5. Difficult to succeed in your role if customers barely tolerate the company, but just buy if low price 6. Frequent change of directions due to misunderstanding industry and resulting mismanagement 7. Difficult to keep focussed if business is slowly receding away 8. Seems like a high investment risk 9. Not at all suitable for technical experts who are looking to build skill and experience

The culture was definitely different than that of other VAR's, but a lot of what Softchoice originally was built on disappeared with various acquistions which seemed to drain the bank. It took on a very corporate atmosphere, several employee cuts, as well as salary cuts. A great deal of stress was placed upon individuals, work life balance was an afterthought unless you were single, and leadership skills of some managers were nothing short of demoralizing. Being part of the "IN" club definitely had its advantages with sr. management and the executive teams. If you were not in that club, you didn't stand a chance. Inadvertent exec slips of the word " Xerox" instead of "Softchoice" were joked about at sales conferences as it seemed your natural progression after Xerox was employment at Softchoice. Those managers that seemed to care about their staff and doing the right thing were dismissed and replaced by long term, stale replacements at the dismay of staff. Definitely a lot of nepotism and it was abundantly clear to the staff.