Softchoice Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Softchoice full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Softchoice hires great people that fit well in to the work hard play hard culture. You need to prove you can handle the work load, quotas and time management. If you're doing what you need to be doing then you'll do well, if you're not willing or able to perform then you won't...pretty simple. It's a fun culture of experienced and inexperienced people who are all learning from each other and taking care of each other. The dogs in the office is a plus! Softchoice tends to hire from with in so there are lots of opportunities if you're successful in your current role.

Cons – Growth targets are aggressive YOY

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Softchoice full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Very good training investments in their employees. Lots of opportunities for career advancement.

Cons – The sales force can tend to be a bit young. This can cause some generational related clashes.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Softchoice

Pros – great training - fun office - bring your dog to work

Cons – management could be better - younf company and young managers - growing pains

Advice to Senior Management – provide your managers with better management training

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Softchoice

Pros – People & Perks are great

Cons – Sometimes felt a little too micromanaged

Advice to Senior Management – The leadership there was, for the most part, really good

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Softchoice

Pros – Softchoice treats their employees extremely well. It was my first job out of college like most, and you don't realize how great it is until you move on to different companies.

Cons – I wanted to work in marketing, and the only positions available at my office were all sales based.

Advice to Senior Management – Launch and Rally were always very motivating and I wish other companies took as much pride in their employees as Softchoice does.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Softchoice

Pros – The culture is great, and we all take care of eachother in a competitve sales environment. Benfits are second to none, management is strong and competent. One major pro is the team of resources we have at our disposal from a pre and post sales process

Cons – My income doesn't seem on par with our competition both from a base salary and commission aspect. While spiffs can be had and commission rates have accelerators, even being at your quota doesn't net what i hear other reps make at our competition.

Advice to Senior Management – pay more money to the people that are hitting quota and exceeding their number. increase the base salary and lower those rates if you think that will drive better production. everything else in Softchoice is above average, culture, leadership, benefits, etc. Let's just try to meet those pros from a total income standpoint

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Softchoice

Pros – Being able to interact with Senior Management; its a great place to learn the technology industry and interact regularly with many key manufactures keeping pace for the industry; reputable organization - integrity first; it feels like you are a part of a family.

Cons – Competition is poaching our employees, every other LAR/VAR copies our business plan- though they are years late to the table, and you have to work 50-60 hrs a week to be really sucessful here; bleeding orange is almost necessary.

Advice to Senior Management – We are strategic and fair with our customers; Shouldn't the same be said for our key sales employees? I don't think telesales feels respected. Though, I have always been treated fairly and with the highest level of respect.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Softchoice

Pros – Softchoice, when I was there, was a fun, young company with great learning potential in technology and sales. They hire young managers and move inside sales to outside sales or to inside sales managers regularly. There is opportunity to negotiate large orders and travel to headquarters for annual meetings and training events. They really strive to be the best and make it a fun place to work. Their motto is work hard play hard.

Cons – There are high expectations to meet your sales quota and understand (i.e. be able to quote) a wide variety of products. You are constantly monitored through various statistics that the wily are able to manipulate to make themselves seem more productive than they are in reality. The managers are young and say what they think they are supposed to say than to truly connect with their employees. There is a high turnover because inside sales is an entry level position, and for those who make it to the next level, there is a high standard and they have no problem letting you go if you can't meet the numbers. They strive for excellent customer service and if you can't meet those standards you'll be let go as well.

Advice to Senior Management – Hire experienced managers instead of the oldest person on the team.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Softchoice

Pros – The company looks to each employee to figure out how to make an impact on the bottom line, which is actually quite possible [as an individual contributor]. This can be empowering, and a key factor in learning about the larger, business as a whole.

Cons – Since everyone has quite a bit on their plate, it can be at times difficult integrating new people, especially when they do not "get it" out of the gate. This is NOT a place for someone who can't figure things out on their own from time to time (or more often..).

Advice to Senior Management – For the most part; kudos. Softchoice's pay is competitive, but a disproportionate dollar amount comes in bonuses and commission, and very difficult metrics make achieving these bonuses very difficult, which leads to the impression that pay is quite below industry standard. So while the company works extremely hard to be a great place to work for its employees, the aforementioned compensation issue is constantly the single contributing factor that leads to dissatisfaction.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Softchoice full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Work Life Balance, Team Environment, Uncapped Comp Structure, Training and Resources, Availability to Company Leaders. Softchoice is constantly evolving its go to market strategy to maintain competitive advantage against its competition. There is also a tremendous opportunity for promotion within Softchoice.

Cons – Implementation of change in business strategy and aquistitions.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company