Softchoice
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Great company culture and people, but underpaid
Account Manager (Former Employee) – Toronto, ON – 20 October 2018
Softchoice is a great company to start at for your career in IT. You get to learn so much about the industry and meet with various vendors and partners, however the one complaint you'll hear from any rep is that they're underpaid and overworked.
Recommend to start your career here and then branch off to a more lucrative position at a vendor.
Recommend to start your career here and then branch off to a more lucrative position at a vendor.
Pros
Occasional free lunches, great office culture and co-workers
Cons
Low wages compared to industry
Disorganized with politics
Enterprise Architect (Former Employee) – Toronto, ON – 9 November 2018
If you want to flash back to your high school years, this is the place.
Softchoice desperately wants to be a mature, well-run organization but lacks the process and discipline to do so.
Softchoice desperately wants to be a mature, well-run organization but lacks the process and discipline to do so.
Pros
Flexible work environment
Cons
Disorganization, immature organization
Fun and Energetic place
Account Manager (Former Employee) – Toronto, ON – 29 October 2018
An awesome place to learn how to properly perform a full sales cycle. A even better place to learn everything and anything about IT and how to position them to sell.They have a great friendly environment but expectation to sell is the upmost importance
Pros
Good work culture
Cons
Can be screwed over with accounts that are deemed bad.
Cool Place
Corporate Account Manager US NE (Current Employee) – Toronto, ON – 12 September 2018
Amazing company with dogs in the office all day, free food all the time, happy hours hosted by vendors.
High-stress sales environment. Long sales cycle, it takes a while to ramp up.
High-stress sales environment. Long sales cycle, it takes a while to ramp up.
Pros
Awesome Culture
Cons
Highly Stressful
Great IT company
Data Governance Analyst (Former Employee) – Toronto, ON – 4 September 2018
Very relaxed and young IT company culture. Average employee age will likely be late-20's. Workplace culture is relaxed (ping pong table, foosball table, games, nap room, beer cart Fridays, etc). Culture and learning opportunities are the best parts of the job.
Fun place to work
NetApp Technical Architect (Current Employee) – Toronto, ON – 18 July 2018
I cannot say enough about the culture of this company. They are really involved with the communities and there is plenty of opportunities to really get involved. The on-boarding process for presales could be a bit smoother, but once you understand your role and talk to your colleagues, it gets easier.
Pros
Fantastic culture
Cons
Difficult on-boarding process for presales
Summary
US TERRITORY SALES REPRESENTATIVE (Former Employee) – Toronto, ON – 5 July 2018
Check book of business
make 100 calls per day
Attempt to develop net new business
Forecast
Funnel
Pipeline
Cadence
Good team networking and collaboration
make 100 calls per day
Attempt to develop net new business
Forecast
Funnel
Pipeline
Cadence
Good team networking and collaboration
Pros
Networking and culture
Cons
too relaxed
fun Place
Senior Support Engineer (Former Employee) – Oakville, ON – 21 May 2018
I spent 7 years as Datacenter Engineer and acting team lead , very nice place to work , good insurance and pension.
Very well organized and good manager and team lead.
Nice and modern look environment .
Very well organized and good manager and team lead.
Nice and modern look environment .
Pros
High TECH
Cons
Long hours
Favouritism runs deep in this organization
Account Manager (Current Employee) – Toronto, ON – 15 May 2018
A lot of fluff and luck of the draw involved in this company. Great starting point but no longevity. Average tenure at the company was no more than 2-3 years.
Pros
free lunches
Cons
nepitism
More Work than it's worth
Senior Account Manager (Former Employee) – Toronto, ON – 24 April 2018
Typical day at the office involves starting to make dials to existing and potential clients at 8 am. You are expected to make roughly 50-150 calls per day, send out quotes, check order statuses, and follow up with distribution should any issues arise.
Essentially, you are running your own business for the company with minimal support. It was incredibly stressful and more work and effort than the minimal salary was worth.
Essentially, you are running your own business for the company with minimal support. It was incredibly stressful and more work and effort than the minimal salary was worth.
Loved the culture
Project Manager (Former Employee) – Toronto, ON – 27 February 2018
Culture was simply amazing, lots of room for growth, interesting projects and great work life balance. had 3 major roles in 3 years, so promotion was possible.
Pros
Culture
Cons
Compensation
Excellent Company
Helpdesk Technical Engineer (Current Employee) – Oakville, ON – 26 January 2018
Softchoice is a great company to work for from the management to the culture to the belief system.
I have learned a lot working at Softhoice and given the opportunity to take on tasks beyond my job duties.
The office is dog friendly.
The culture is diverse and awesome
The hardest part of the job is trying not to love the company. lol
Nothing is hard about my job however I encounter challenges often which makes my job an excellent learning opportunity.
I have learned a lot working at Softhoice and given the opportunity to take on tasks beyond my job duties.
The office is dog friendly.
The culture is diverse and awesome
The hardest part of the job is trying not to love the company. lol
Nothing is hard about my job however I encounter challenges often which makes my job an excellent learning opportunity.
Pros
Free Lunches, Dog Friendly, Recognition, Benefits, and Tuition Reimbursement
Softchoice
Event Coordinator (Current Employee) – Toronto, ON – 18 January 2018
Softchoice is a great place to work, it has an amazing culture and is big on promoting within.
Management is very inviting, understanding and is willing to work with you to ensure that you succeed.
Management is very inviting, understanding and is willing to work with you to ensure that you succeed.
Sweat shop - stay away
Manager (Former Employee) – Toronto, ON – 4 December 2017
Extremely HIGH TURNOVER in staffing.
Very poor work-life balance.
Don't be 5 minutes late for work or you need to call your Supervisor.
Expect to work month end / quarter end to midnight; not disclosed in interview.
Pay premium for Parking.
Expect to pay extra $$$ to support their Charity.
Very poor work-life balance.
Don't be 5 minutes late for work or you need to call your Supervisor.
Expect to work month end / quarter end to midnight; not disclosed in interview.
Pay premium for Parking.
Expect to pay extra $$$ to support their Charity.
Pros
Bring your Dog to work if they pass the interview
Cons
Rude Management
Great place to start a career, not as good for mature workforce
HPE Server/Storage/Networking Technical Architect (Current Employee) – Toronto, ON – 6 November 2017
The company has a good go-to-market strategy for Microsoft and Cisco. Non-core vendors, including HPE must compete for mindshare with sales representatives. The organization is trying to move to a best-of-breed solution selling model, but still operate primarily on a transaction basis.
Pros
Good company culture
Cons
Lack of focus for non-core vendors
Toxic environment that uses 'beer cart' to look great
NA (Current Employee) – Toronto, ON – 25 September 2017
An organization that lacks leadership or direction. A terrible corporate culture but so many people have never worked anywhere else to know the difference.
Sales Culture
Account Manager (Former Employee) – Montréal, QC – 12 September 2017
Softchoice is overall a nice place to work, their salaries are competetive, and the work-life personal-life balance is fine, job security is an issue as any other place
Pros
Salary
Cons
structure
Company on the rise but poor salary
BUYER: PURCHASING (Former Employee) – Toronto, ON – 9 September 2017
Softchoice is starting to do better than it did a couple of years ago. But their salary and wages are still the lowest in the market. Work Life balance is satisfactory but they have a great Charity Organization.