A pointless company - Customer Support Representative Softchoice Employee Review

1.0
Apr 15, 2017
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Pros

The Toronto training was the best part of joining Softchoice. You get to stay in a great hotel that's also a baseball stadium, with free breakfast everyday, a $1000 stipend for lunch/dinner/whatever, and a wonderful structured training program. The tests are simple and the only way to fail them is if you don't show up to class. Your weekends are yours. They have a 401k that they do match. Lots of companies pop up around the office offering freebies and treats when promoting their products. You also learn a lot about the software and hardware industry.

Cons

The training in Toronto is geared towards the TSS role, not CSR's or ISAM's. You're not aught about internal processes or internal programs. There was zero training once we got to Seattle. You're left to just beg for work from senior team members, that you have no idea how to do. There processes and programs are not intuitive. It was crazy depressing watching people I spent a month training with leave week after week. We didn't have a manager as she quit. Our replacement was based out of another state and WOULD NEVER reply back to emails. Listening to the recruits do their ridiculous outbound calls(of which they're expected to do a 100) was difficult as they get shot down immediately for annoyingly spamming businesses that already have tech vendors. The pay is garbage. I immediately found another equivalent level job with a $10k raise.

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Softchoice Response
9y
Thanks for your response. Our Sales Academy is an intensive, 16 week program, with the first 3 weeks hosted at our Toronto HQ. People travel from all over North America to attend the Academy, and we believe this is a great way to introduce our new hires to Softchoice culture. All of our new sales reps regardless of role get to participate in this first phase of onboarding which is focused on an introduction to Softchoice, technology, core offerings and basic sales and business acumen. We have high expectations as it relates to the performance of our Sales Academy reps. Softchoice is pursuing an aggressive growth strategy, and highly trained sales reps are key to our success! We hold new sales reps to a set of KPIs mirroring reps that have been in role for some time. We also know that sales trainees that meet and exceed their targets in the program are wildly successful post-graduation. In relation to the CSR (Customer Service) and ISAM (Inside Sales Account Manager) roles, in the second phase of onboarding, both roles receive training specific to their role that is guided by a Development Coach. Reps also receive mentorship from a peer who is already in the role and regular interaction with their future team mates and managers. We recognize Softchoice isn’t for everyone. That’s why we activity encourage sales reps to own their own learning experience. If at any point during Sales Academy, reps don’t feel connected in a meaningful way to the work, we encourage them to connect with their sales coaches or managers, and openly discuss their concerns.

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Cons

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Softchoice Response
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Thanks for your review and for recognizing our excellent culture! We're thrilled you've had a positive experience on our team.
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Cons

What they tell you the role is definitely is NOT what it is. How they deceive you into taking this role is unethical. They promise you inbound and warm leads and claim to be the preferred AWS Partner but AWS doesn't want to deal with us at all because we don't have the technical staff qualified to support their customers. When we acquire AWS customers they wind up having a bad experience and Softchoice has a really bad reputation internally at AWS. They target ex AWS employees because they are already certified & they already have contacts. Meanwhile all the managers are not even certified, which means they don't know the content and can't talk with AWS Leaders effectively. There's favoritism so some people are forced to call nonstop and send emails but the people with sales don't do that. To cover it up, they just started having those people make calls but several months of records tell a different story. Management is extremely inexperienced and underpaid so they have side businessss and podcasts.

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Softchoice Response
3d
Thank you for taking the time to share your perspective. We're sorry to hear that this has been your experience. We expect all employees and leaders to uphold our values, including trust, integrity, respect, and a commitment to supporting one another, and we take concerns that may not reflect those values seriously. As a current employee, we encourage you to speak with your leader or HR Business Partner so your concerns can be discussed and addressed through the appropriate channels. Thank you.
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