Softchoice Reviews

Pros

- manager is easy to talk to, supports his team, is there to help when needed, trust his employees to do their job (does not micromanage), has great advice and ideas for assisting you in hitting your goals
- flexibility - whether is be with hours or working from home or vacation
- can bring you furry friend to the office
- lots of free training available
- Seattle office morale is unlike any other work place
- supportive management all around
- monthly celebrations
- great benefits and medical plan

Pros

Easy start to the job which is basically 3 months not working until you are 'deployed'
Benefits from day 1
Nice Toronto offices

Advice to Management

STOP USING THE ORANGE KOOLAID PHRASE. YOU UNETHICAL, ELITIST MORONS

Pros

The culture at Softchoice is one to be envied. The people you work with become your family, the fund-raising and team building events make working bearable.

Advice to Management

Plan ahead for the year with clear goals and objectives. Don't Fumble. Recognize your people with no favoritism.
Also your employees have great ideas and want to make the company a better more efficient place with the tools they have. Let them. They are in the 'Trenches', they understand what is at stake.

Pros

- none if you're in sales. Get ready to be in a basement and be replaceable.
- middleman syndrome. We weren't really necessary nor affordable for companies to use us. Could easily be replaced by a direct buy website.

Advice to Management

HR was a joke. Office was dark and depressing.

Pros

-Sales Training
-Networking - it's a small industry. You meet everyone from everywhere and always cross paths with people you meet.
-Growth and Development

Advice to Management

Remember that staff leave companies because of managers more than any other reason for leaving a company. Love your staff, and ensure they know it, and confirm that you actually know that they know it regularly, or get really good at hiring and training monthly because you will lose a lot of people. Focus on helping your staff grow. Metrics are important, but any conversation you want to bring up metrics, speak about something else first and don't make metrics your only focus. Your sales people do 1000 things daily, they don't need to hear you whine incessantly about just one of those things, even if you think metrics are SOO important (which they absolutely are), making commission is more important than your metric, so put their needs first, be strategic, don't be a parent, be a partner.

Pros

-amazing culture
-unique/fun perks (e.g. Beer Cart on first Fridays of each month, dog friendly, free pizza lunch once a month)
-absence of micromanagement
-rewards innovation and initiative
-lots of opportunity to learn

Advice to Management

Please take care of your people like you say you do and do so genuinely. Compensation is average, we get it, but at least ensure that the department has enough coverage for the amount of work there is.

Pros

Positive, progressive, people oriented sales culture with plenty of room to advance and grow with the company. Amazing training program called 'Sales Academy' that will increase your sales and business acumen. The Sales Coaches were all very helpful and enabled me to learn a vast amount of complex information in a short amount of time. Sales Coaches push you to achieve your goals and grow your personal brand. If you're focused and willing to withstand many tests and challenges you can quickly get put on a team and set yourself on a path to make a six figure income. There are many success stories at this company! Additionally, they have plenty of fun events, catered meals for staff, beer cart once a month, and they contribute to numerous charitable initiatives.

Pros

the work environment, staff, culture

Pros

Great atmosphere
Excellent Managers
Lots of opportunity for career advancement

Pros

Great office, young energetic staff