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Travail intense mais très enrichissant

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I wish the standard vacation package would start at three weeks instead of two. Also, the maximum of four weeks over all after 5 years of service is rather thin compared to similar companies. Maybe add the possibility to reach five weeks after 10 years of service and so on.

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No scope of growth
Promotions not based on merit

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No internal growth unless you are into management positions

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Serving larger clients with international needs become more difficult.

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-Extremely low pay, not competitive, and incredibly complex commission structure
-Quick overturn of sales reps, a constant revolving door of territory sales reps
- Sometimes feel micromanaged

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Not all departments see the same benefits. Very difficult to increase salary via lateral moves. Generally pay is not in line with industry standards.

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None to say at the moment

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Male Dominate Company / Female leaders in traditional (female) roles. Majority of women leaders and reps have left the company.

Monthly Sales Cycle is taxing on people and resources - Customers are highly attuned to the cycle and know where they have full negotiation leverage (end of the month).

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Unless you are working at headquarters, in Toronto, then you probably aren't bringing your dog to work or getting any of the perks that others mention that come with working for Softchoice. Softchoice tries to position themselves as an IT solutions provider but, with the exception of a few offices, they don't invest in the technical resources to enable sales to do what is being asked of them. They rely on parachuting technical resources in from other markets for projects or relying on 3rd-party resources, which often prices them out of the projects or if they are lucky enough to win one, it makes the projects such a mess that the projects do not end up being successful ones and do more damage to the customer relationship than good. Softchoice is still good at managing Microsoft agreements, selling software, and selling renewals. Unfortunately, all of those come at pretty low margins, so you have to generate a lot in sales to make any real money. Margins are pretty low on the majority of what they do. Account Executives have the ability to sell higher margin hardware and services but most customers are going to purchase those from a partner who has local delivery resources. Make sure to ask questions about what kinds of technical resources are available to you because all markets are not created equally. Softchoice has partially abandoned quite a few markets but instead of pulling out of those markets altogether, the just choose to leave them there struggling to make it.